reassign 602531 xserver-xorg-video-r128 forcemerge 598013 602531 thanks There is already a bug about the xserver issue: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598013
I'm now merging this bug report with the already existing one. IMHO the X server should not crash if the firmware is missing but just gracefully fail to start. Gaudenz Excerpts from Jonathan David Amery's message of Sam Nov 06 16:59:44 +0100 2010: > > Hi > > > > Excerpts from Miguel Figueiredo's message of Fre Nov 05 22:06:39 +0100 20= > > 10: > > > If the problem was the missing non free firmware i suggest the bug to b= > > e closed = > > > > > as we do not distribute non free firmware. > > > > There is also the clock-setup issue. It should definitely ask the > > clock-setup/utc question when run in expert mode. > > > > Also if the missing firmware leaves the system in a corrupt state so > > you can't even switch to a text console, this is a bug in the X > > server (xserver-xorg-video-r128). Jonathan can you confirm that it's > > not possible to switch to a text console after starting the X server > > without the firmware? > > > Hi Gaudenz, > > Yes, I was unable to switch to a text console using either C-A-F1 or > the chvt command (after logging in via ssh) -- chvt sat there > unresponsively and I cancelled it after a few minutes. Also when I > rebooted the corrupted display remained until the end of shutdown. > > Also, at no point did the installer warn me that I was missing this > firmware (which I think it *should* do, even if the firmware isn't > shipped because of being non-free). > > J. -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~
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