Re: powerpc daily sid_d-i CD builds working again

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 12:16:38PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > $ more /proc/fb
> > > 0 ATI Radeon Lf
> >
> > 0 OFfb ATY,264LTP
> > 1 OFfb ATY,264LTP
> 
> Might be the LCD is actually on the second one?

This might be the reason it fails, if it is so. But i am not sure, since the
dmesg output mentioned fb0.

from the rootskel code we have :

src/lib/debian-installer.d/S35framebuffer-linux

if [ -n "$TERM_FRAMEBUFFER_TRY" ] && \
   ([ -e /dev/fb/0 ] || [ -e /dev/fb0 ]) && \
   [ "`debconf-get debian-installer/framebuffer`" = true ]; then
        TERM_FRAMEBUFFER=yes
fi

And : 

src/lib/debian-installer.d/S60frontend

...
check_gtk () {
        if [ -z "$TERM_FRAMEBUFFER" ] ; then
                echo "Framebuffer not available; disabling graphical frontend" >&2
                return 1
        fi
...

It needs more investigation, but i think something is happeneing here. atyfb
is correctly builtin for powerpc kernels, i just checked the sid 2.6.16
kernels.

There was an option for running those script in -x mode, and get more verbose
output, can someone remember this ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther