fix(systemd): give the receiver service its own VT instead of tty1
The receiver service never started on the Pi: systemd blocks before exec in acquire_terminal(), waiting for a controlling terminal that the console session or getty on tty1 already owns. Symptoms: the status shows the main PID as "(screencast)" with Tasks:1 and ~40ms CPU, a silent journal, and no mDNS announcement — the binary never ran. Reproduced locally with a transient unit (the desktop's Wayland session owns tty1) and diagnosed by gdb-attaching the stuck process. The service now owns a dedicated free VT (tty7) so acquisition is immediate, with a tolerant ExecStartPre chvt to make the screencast the on-screen console at boot. tty1 keeps the console login; Ctrl+Alt+F1/Ctrl+Alt+F7 switch between them. The previous advice to enable Console Autologin actively caused the hang and is removed from the unit, RUNBOOK, and install script notes. Validated locally: the same properties via systemd-run give a running receiver with all ~15 threads alive that announces itself and is found by --discover; verified unit passes systemd-analyze verify; graceful stop withdraws mDNS.
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@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ StartLimitBurst=10
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[Service]
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Type=simple
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User=__SC_RECEIVER_USER__
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# SDL's KMSDRM backend wants a tty. The service gets its OWN virtual
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# terminal: systemd must acquire the controlling terminal before exec, and
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# acquiring one that another session owns (tty1: getty, console autologin,
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# or a desktop) blocks the start FOREVER in a pre-exec placeholder process
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# (systemctl status shows the main PID as "(screencast)"). tty7 is free on
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# stock systems; tty1 keeps the console login.
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ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/chvt 7
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ExecStart=__SC_RECEIVER_BIN__ --receive
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# SDL's KMSDRM backend (headless console) expects a controlling terminal
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# for its VT handling; system services have none by default. Harmless in
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# desktop mode, where the process never touches the tty.
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StandardInput=tty
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TTYPath=/dev/tty1
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TTYPath=/dev/tty7
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# SIGTERM (systemctl stop) shuts the receiver down gracefully, which
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# withdraws its mDNS announcement. Never SIGKILL it; the systemd default
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# KillMode escalates only after the graceful timeout.
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@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
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# to the kernel via KMSDRM):
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# * Raspberry Pi OS Lite, no desktop enabled (a running compositor would
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# hold the DRM master and the receiver could not take it)
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# * raspi-config → System Options → Boot → Console Autologin
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# * no console autologin needed: the service owns tty7 and switches to it
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# at boot; Ctrl+Alt+F1 returns to the console login, Ctrl+Alt+F7 to the
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# screencast
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# * disable console blanking: add consoleblank=0 to
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# /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt
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