Bug#390565: Patch for the graphical installer on PPC boxes
Package: rootskel
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
As it results from the PPC survey [1], the linux_module DirectFB input
module should be disabled for all ppc boxes except for MacIntosh model
PowerBook6,7.
Also, the radeon gfxdriver, a relatively new gfxdriver in DirectFB,
showed to be broken partially or totally in many cases, so a safe choice
is disabling it by default for Radeon-based boards.
The attached patchfile updates directfbrc file in rootskel-gtk and adds
a new script to rootskel to take care of directfb specific issues.
I won't commit this by myself, but i'll wait for someone to review it
and apply.
cheers
Attilio
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/GUIToDo
Index: rootskel-gtk/src/etc/directfbrc
===================================================================
--- rootskel-gtk/src/etc/directfbrc (revisione 41145)
+++ rootskel-gtk/src/etc/directfbrc (copia locale)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
no-hardware
screenshot-dir=/var/log
-#disable-module=linux_input #needed for touchpads to work
+#disable-module=linux_input
+#disable-module=radeon
Index: rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S50directfb-linux-powerpc
===================================================================
--- rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S50directfb-linux-powerpc (revisione 0)
+++ rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S50directfb-linux-powerpc (revisione 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#disabling radeon DFB module for all radeon-based cards
+if grep "Radeon" /proc/fb; then
+ sed -i "s/^#disable-module=radeon/disable-module=radeon/" /etc/directfbrc
+fi
+
+#disabling linux_input DFB module except for "PowerBook6,7"
+if grep "PowerBook6,7" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
+ sed -i "s/^#disable-module=linux_input/disable-module=linux_input/" /etc/directfbrc
+fi
Index: rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/Makefile
===================================================================
--- rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/Makefile (revisione 41155)
+++ rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/Makefile (copia locale)
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU),powerpc)
files += \
- S45keyboard-linux-powerpc
+ S45keyboard-linux-powerpc \
+ S50directfb-linux-powerpc
endif
ifneq (,$(filter mips mipsel,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU)))
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