David Nusinow
> Will tasksel still be able to ensure that
> xresprobe and discover are installed prior to the
> scripts being run in this case?
Yes, tasksel can arrange for all necessary hardware detection tools to
be installed by the time the postinst runs. Or you can just depend on
them, your ch
Hello David,
Am 2006-09-09 10:08:27, schrieb David Nusinow:
>My plan for some time now has been to fix this in
> the future. Not in the far future though, it's my
> major release goal for etch+1. A great deal of the
> necessary work is in development upstream to make this
> happen. Daniel Sto
Hi Joey,
First, sorry about the delays in replying. I still
don't have internet access in my new place so I have
to sneak time at work when I'm able. I also have to
use a crappy webmail account rather than a real mail
client for now unfortunately.
>>I didn't realize that this was a pressin
David Nusinow wrote:
>I didn't realize that this was a pressing issue.
> Since it worked for sarge, I figured that the kludge
> could remain until we can get a proper solution in
> place.
There have been large changes to the installer since sarge that broke the
old solution.
>My plan for
Hi Joey,
I didn't realize that this was a pressing issue.
Since it worked for sarge, I figured that the kludge
could remain until we can get a proper solution in
place.
As it stands, I don't forsee us having a chance to
remove the dependencies of the X server on those
external apps for etch
For years and years, X has had a unique special case: It needs to have
discover1 and some other software (currently also xresprobe[1]) installed
before it is preconfigured. If the software is not installed then X's
config script will silently not use it during hardware detection, and
will do a wors
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