On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 03:49:12PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Moin Christoph! > Christoph Hellwig schrieb am Wednesday, den 27. August 2003: > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:08:02PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > Package: xserver-xfree86 > > > Severity: wishlist > > > > > > Okay, here is what I would change in xserver-xfree86.config. > > > > > > - xserver-xfree86/config/device/use_fbdev: > > > check for existance of /proc/fb before asking the question about > > > framebuffer support. > > > > remember that procfs is optional... > > check. for. existance. I think this covers the case of missing /proc.
well, if procfs is not mounted you don't ask the question, sounds like a bug, no? > > > - If it does not exist, do not ask the question and set use_fbdev to > > > false. > > > - If it does exist, read it, and if > > > - the contents matches "nvidia", do > > > not ask the question and set use_fbdev to false. > > > > should a Debian package really special-case buggy non-free software? > > So? The framebuffer driver in the kernel is non-free? Please look where > "nvidia" is read from. Well, I assumed you want to work around a bug in the nvidia binary only driver as the opensource nv driver can deal with framebuffers. But I might have missed something obvious - why don't you want to use the framebuffer for nvidia cards? (and the framebuffer driver is called rivafb, just btw..)
