Re: m68k boot-floppies
> > > base-contents.txt lists this:
> > > ii xviddetect 0.2-10 XFree86 installation helper
> > > Description: XFree86 installation helper
> > > A simple script that will detect which X server to install, by
> > > running a non-invasive PCI scan of your system and matching against a
> > > database of known cards
> >
> > ROTFLAK. I just hope this script reduces to $ echo "You need XF68_FBDev"
> > on m68k.
>
> I can only hope someone has tested it.
You probably know what my bets are on. Being pessimistic as usual.
> > > Does this make any sense on m68k? We will allways install fbdev. Why is it
> > > in the base system at all?
>
> > For the graphical, X-based installer perhaps?
>
> No.
I'm glad you said that :-)
> > But seriously, running such a thing before starting to download X
> > package is a brilliant idea. Just Not For M68k (tm). If you want to
> > hear my opinion on XFree and PCI probing, ask me. That's a long
> > story.
>
> You probably have never it. It contains 'anXious', which not only
^ guessing 'tried' or 'used' here not 'suffered
from it' ?
> picks the X server, but graps the right font packages, asks what
> window managers to install, etc.
That's a big help indeed - being asked whether to use wm x as default wm
10 times when that could have been sorted up front was kind of annoying.
> Even if there is one and only one X server on an arch, this is still
> useful.
The PCI probe part had me extremely worried. The other stuff is truely
useful (and should not break anything on any arch).
Michael
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