Re: install/run problems with Debian 7.1.0
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 05:34:41PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Let me try to translate the complaint into your terminology.
>
> I think he's complaining that the installer gets X configuration right
> for its own use, but wrong for the installed system, where apparently X
> gets it wrong,
The installer does NOT use X. Using graphics is not equal to using X.
> There's some plausibility to the claim that the installed system
> *should* be able to get things as right as the installer.
> Maybe this isn't as much an installer problem than an installed systen
> problemm. Presumably whatever code the installer uses at install
> time should also be part of X, or whatever setup happens at boot
> time.
The installer is maintained by Debian, not Xorg. Debian is using the
kernel framebuffer system, not X.
> It' a bit ironic that the complaint should be against the piece of code
> that actually does get it right, but I guess that's life.
Yeah that is funny.
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Len Sorensen
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