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Re: GTK+ frontend for the installer



Le jeu 24/06/2004 à 17:40, Gustavo Noronha Silva a écrit :
> Em Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:47:56 -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
> escreveu:
> 
> > Now the problem is dfb complains that the fb mode in use is not
> > supported:
> 
> I work-arounded this problem by passing 'linux vga=788' at the
> boot line... the screen goes blank and you need to wait 'till the
> fb drivers are loaded to see the text back, but it works.
> 
> I then had problems with directfb, with pango and fontconfig
> complaning about wrong configuration stuff... I guess that's
> because udeb's are not 'set up' (postinsts run) during the
> build process... I've investigated the problems and did another
> patch for the build process that turns the old one obsolete.
> It's an ugly hack, as many of the other ones, but gives an
> idea of what needs to be solved, at least. Find it attached.
> 
> Now I was able to see the ugly directfb cursor and the frame
> of a gtk window:
> 
> http://beterraba.no-ip.org/shots/di-gtk-first-sight.png
> 
> And then, my first di-related segfault:
> 
> http://beterraba.no-ip.org/shots/di-first-segfault.png
> 
> Isn't it cool? =D
> 
> Now let's try to work on the segfault... I'll continue posting
> news as a way to document the process and maybe get some help
> from people.
Do you need people to test?
Do you have a web page or so explaining how to help you, and how to get
everything useful to help you?

We are in the process of doing a custom Debian distribution meant for
the non-profit association in Belgium (see
http://www.bxlug.be/librassoc), base on D-I and GNOME, and are
potentially interested in your work.

> Thanks,
-- 
Jérôme Warnier
Consultant
BeezNest
http://beeznest.net



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