More feedback on this issue.
----- Forwarded message from Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> -----
To: Michael Cardenas <mbc@debian.org>
Cc: gtk-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: gtkfb and debian-installer
From: Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>
Michael Cardenas <mbc@debian.org> writes:
> Hello all.
>
> I am trying to make udebs of gtkfb for the debian-installer, because I
> have written a gtk frontend for d-i, which will require gtk, and the
> debian-installer team thinks that gtkfb will be the best solution.
>
> I have been following this whitepaper to make gtkfb:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/devnet/articles/gtkfb-whitepaper/size.html
>
> Apparently, gtkfb requires special compile options for glib, pango,
> and gtk. I have a mostly working udeb for glib, but the pango compile
> is giving me some problems. Specifically, I have added these configure
> options: --enable-debug=no --with-included-modules=yes and after this
> compile line:
Note that there is no actual requirement to use --with-included-modules=yes
with linux-fb, unless you need a standalone binary, which
you probably don't for your installer.
I might suggest, however, just biting the bullet and using an
X server and GTK+ for X.
Why?
- More actively maintained and complete version of GTK+
- You don't need to maintain separate GTK+/Pango packages that
are very different from the main distribution.
- You already need to be able to run an X server on all
hardware you support; why worry about whether you can
run the fb driver on all this hardware.
That's what we do for the Red Hat installer, anyways. Yes, it
will be a bit heavier, but you aren't going to be able to
fit an interesting installer onto a floppy anyways; even
leaving aside the GUI, kernel/modules/utilities for raid/etc
are going to make it impractical.
Regards,
Owen
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