On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:21:27PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Hi > > I just completed a preliminary survey [1] about graphical > debian-installer usability on PPC machines and it turned out that there > are two distinct kinds of issues that currently block PPC users from > using the g-i.
hi Attilio, ... You didn't mention the pegasos on that survey. There with a radeon 9250, it worked fien with only the no-hardware option, while it crashed with a radeon 9800 PRO with no-hardware. (didn't test yet while removing the options). > *Graphical issues: PPC testers always report crashes when hw > acceleration iss enabled, but luckily such crashes can be easily avoided > by disabling hardware acceleration and chip-specific modules, or better > by removing gfxdrivers them from the filesystem. > So, even if not optimal, disabling hw acceleration does the trick and we > can live well. > > *Input devices issues: In many cases it turned out that the key to get > DFB running on PPCs is disabling the linux_input module. > Whenever a success was reported (except for PowerBook6,7 IBook's), it > was because the linux_input module was disabled. It worked fine though on pegasos, with an usb mouse.But then the pegasos also has ps2 keyboard and mouse support. > We also noticed that many i386 laptop touchpads do not to work properly > when the linux_input module is enabled, and hence the user has to plug > in an USB mouse to use the installer. > Also, i noticed that, after reloading the keymap with > > dfb_input_device_reload_keymap( dfb_input_device_at( DIDID_KEYBOARD ) ); > > with a MiniMac, the keymap ended totally messed up, and this is an even > severe issue that mouse one. > > A reasonable configuration for directfbrc seems to be > > no-hardware > disable-module=linux_input > > and this could be a temporary workaround to all our issues. > A fix for those issues is needed, as Etch release date is getting closer > every day. What for the PowerBook6,7 ? maybe this second one could be made conditional on pegasos and on PowerBook6,7 ? > Do you DFB guys have any idea about how to fix this sort of issues? > The most important thing is of course getting input devices working > properly. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
