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bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS
From: |
pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) |
Subject: |
bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS. |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:58:58 +0200 |
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 04:38:37PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> AIUI, uvesafb is needed for ksmcon (or presumably X11) to work, but it’s
> not necessary to get the standard Linux framebuffer/console running
> (indeed, you were able to ctrl-alt-f3 to get a terminal). Is this
> correct?
Yes, all correct.
> If that’s the case, then I think it’s acceptable for now to install a
> system that lacks uvesafb. Of course X11 won’t work (right?),
Yes, right.
> which is
> not great, but people can hopefully address it at the console until we
> have a better fix, possibly using ‘kernel-module-configuration-service’
> as you write.
>
> WDYT?
I agree.
I will try making a patch including your suggestions in a few hours.
>
> 2. Does "modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf" work? I thought there was nothing
> taking care of creating “modprobe.d” automatically.
I think I tested this version of the patch and it worked. One can
test on QEMU by passing nomodeset (without uvesafb the installer stays
black, I think). It also matches the description of
kernel-module-loader-service-type that was recently added to the
manual.
Regards,
Florian
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2020/04/10
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/04/10
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS.,
pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <=
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2020/04/11
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2020/04/11
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/04/11
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., Efraim Flashner, 2020/04/11
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2020/04/12
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/04/12
- bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS., pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2020/04/12