Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-06 Thread Eddy Petrişor
On 12/3/05, Luis Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>No. Current uplash is in userspace. > >>> > >>>I work on Splashy that's another alternative and it works well. We'll > >>>probably move it from experimental to sid soon. > >>> > >>> > >>Oh, then it was the x86/vesa only thingy ? > >> > >> > > >

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 06:35:33PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 03 December 2005 18:18, Colin Watson wrote: > > usplash works fine on x86/vga16fb, x86/vesafb, and powerpc/offb at > > least. It just uses bogl (like d-i) so it should be straightforward to > > port nearly anywhere. > > What

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Luis Matos
Colin Watson wrote: On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 03:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 12:05:25PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: No. Current uplash is in userspace. I work on Splashy that's another alternative and it works well. We'll probably move it from experimenta

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 03 December 2005 18:18, Colin Watson wrote: > usplash works fine on x86/vga16fb, x86/vesafb, and powerpc/offb at > least. It just uses bogl (like d-i) so it should be straightforward to > port nearly anywhere. What happens on sercon installations? pgpGJjcoEh2vp.pgp Description: PGP s

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 03:26:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 12:05:25PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > No. Current uplash is in userspace. > > > > I work on Splashy that's another alternative and it works well. We'll > > probably move it from experimental to sid soon.

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 12:05:25PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Well, we would need to have the bootsplash thingy patch included in the >> > debian >> > kernel, and this with current policies means it shoul

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 12:05:25PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Well, we would need to have the bootsplash thingy patch included in the > > debian > > kernel, and this with current policies means it should be ready to be > > submitted upstream. I thin

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:07:06AM +1100, Julien Goodwin wrote: >> These are my notes/ideas after having done a test installation using the >> graphical d-i beta. (Under a VMware install using ftp.us.debian.org as >> the mirror) >> >> I'm not subscribed t

Re: Graphical installer - invitation to get involved

2005-12-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:07:06AM +1100, Julien Goodwin wrote: > These are my notes/ideas after having done a test installation using the > graphical d-i beta. (Under a VMware install using ftp.us.debian.org as > the mirror) > > I'm not subscribed to the list so please cc me on anything you'd lik