On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 20:57 -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 07:53:00AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 22:30 -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > > > The vesa driver doesn't work on most non-x86 machines... > > > > > > Well, that option is meant to be a failsafe when the > > > xserver-xorg-video-all > > > package fails to install for whatever reason. Do you have any ideas for a > > > better failsafe option that could cover us better across more arches? > > > > There is no single 'failsafe' driver. Where vesa doesn't work, fbdev > > might (ignoring its current ShadowFB breakage...), but in some cases > > even vga or something else might be necessary. > > I'm considering setting an arch-specific variable for the fail-safe option, > like we currently do to define the various -all packages. It's not likely > for etch, but it might be helpful in the future. What do you think?
Certainly sounds better than just vesa. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
