Bug#342053: DirectFrameBuffer crashes on PPC systems if HW accelerated drivers are used

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

OK,

I booted from the CD with "install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt"
switched to the F2 console when the "choose language" screen came up.
The hardware info you wanted is:

> ~# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep motherboard
> Motherboard: PowerMac3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
>
> ~# cat /proc/fb
> 0 ATI Radeon QW

Then I did:

> ~# echo "disable-module=linux_input" >>/etc/directfbrc
> ~# export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk
> ~# debian-installer

It crashed when it tried to initialize the graphical installer

messages read in part (manually typed in -- I don't have any way to
cut-and-paste from the crashed machine...)

> (process:1076): INFO kbd-mode: setting console mode to Unicode (UTF-8)
>
> (*) DirectFB/Config: Parsing file '/etc/directfbrc'
>
>      ----------------- DirectFB v0.9.25 -------------

... [ stuff snipped to save typing -- let me know if it's important - 
Rick]

> (*) Direct/Modules: suppress module 'linux_input'
> (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Keyboard Input' (INPUT, 1104)
> (!!!!) *** UNIMPLEMENTED [fusion_reactor_set_lock] *** [../../../  
> lib/fusion/reactor.c:853]
> (*) DirectFB/Input: Keyboard 0.9 (convergence integrated media GmBH)
> (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'PS/2 Input' (INPUT, 1105)
> (*) DirectFB/Input: IMPS/2 Mouse 1.0 (Convergence GmBH)
> (*) DirectFB/Graphics: ATI Radeon 7500 (5157) 1.0 (Claudio Ciccani)
> (*) DirectFB/Graphics: Acceleration disabled (by 'no-hardware')
> (!) DirectFB/FBDev: No supported modes found in /etc/fb.modes and   
> current mode not supported!
> (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Current mode's pixelformat: rgba 8/0, 8/0,  
> 8/0,  0/0 (8bit)
> (!) DirectFB/Core/layers: Failed to initialize layer 0!
>    --> Initialization error!
> (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'layers' core!
>    --> Initialization error!
> (#) DirectFBError [gdk_display_open: DirectFBCreate]:  
> Initialization error!
>
> (debconf:1099): Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display: