Frans Pop wrote: > My point is that IMO that behavior (not displaying anything) is not > acceptable as it would mean the user is completely blind in case of boot > problems after the installation without _any_ clues as to what could be > wrong. > > As an example, we are getting a fairly steady flow of reports of "the > system hangs" for sparc when the only problem is that video output is > being directed to an inactive video card. > > My standpoint is that installing (or at least activating) splashy should > only be done if it is *known* beforehand that the display will be > correct. usplash uses bogl, same as d-i, so if d-i worked in framebuffer mode, I'll bet that usplash will also work. Until I see a system where it doesn't anyway. :-) Systems installed using g-i also seem likely to support usplash. Making debian-installer/framebuffer=false disable usplash would probably be a good idea. -- see shy jo
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