More feedback on this issue. ----- Forwarded message from Owen Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
To: Michael Cardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: gtkfb and debian-installer From: Owen Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Michael Cardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all. > > I am trying to make udebs of gtkfb for the debian-installer, because I > have written a gtk frontend for d-i, which will require gtk, and the > debian-installer team thinks that gtkfb will be the best solution. > > I have been following this whitepaper to make gtkfb: > > http://www.redhat.com/devnet/articles/gtkfb-whitepaper/size.html > > Apparently, gtkfb requires special compile options for glib, pango, > and gtk. I have a mostly working udeb for glib, but the pango compile > is giving me some problems. Specifically, I have added these configure > options: --enable-debug=no --with-included-modules=yes and after this > compile line: Note that there is no actual requirement to use --with-included-modules=yes with linux-fb, unless you need a standalone binary, which you probably don't for your installer. I might suggest, however, just biting the bullet and using an X server and GTK+ for X. Why? - More actively maintained and complete version of GTK+ - You don't need to maintain separate GTK+/Pango packages that are very different from the main distribution. - You already need to be able to run an X server on all hardware you support; why worry about whether you can run the fb driver on all this hardware. That's what we do for the Red Hat installer, anyways. Yes, it will be a bit heavier, but you aren't going to be able to fit an interesting installer onto a floppy anyways; even leaving aside the GUI, kernel/modules/utilities for raid/etc are going to make it impractical. Regards, Owen ----- End forwarded message ----- -- michael cardenas | lead software engineer, lindows.com hyperpoem.net | GNU/Linux software developer people.debian.org/~mbc | encrypted email preferred "The devils of truth steal the souls of the free." - Trent Reznor
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