Re: Xfree configuration hangs when installing from scratch.
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 03:18:09PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 06:12:55PM -0700, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > > the dialog boxes tells me that i don't have a /proc/pci (which is normal since
> > > i don't have a pci bus on my hardware, and am using an fbdev X server anyway.)
> > [...]
> > > Anyway, since at least two arches that debian will support with potato use the
> > > fbdev X server, and maybe other could use it too, would it not be nice to
> > > check for a present /proc/fb#, when no /proc/pci is there (or even check for
> > > both and ask the user which he will use) ?
> >
> > This is xviddetect's fault. dhd has offered to send me some code to do
> > basically what you suggested. i hope to have some time to look at this soon
> > myself as well. how do you detect if fbdev is actually enabled in the kernel?
>
> If fbdev is enabled in the kernel, and proc is too, you can look at /proc/fb.
[snip]
You should also be aware that if fb is compiled in but not enabled,
then /proc/fb will exist but be empty (at least, that has been my
experience). This should probably be treated as if /proc/fb wasn't
found at all...
-- Nathaniel
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