Bug#767474: Installation kFreeBSD-amd64, Kernel 10.1: OK, but still quirks
Am Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:41:46 +0000
schrieb Steven Chamberlain <steven@pyro.eu.org>:
> On 31/10/14 10:41, Herbert Kaminski wrote:
> > - grub-install was not able to install grub if the file system
> > root was on a logical partition.
>
> I once thought that was a limitation of what the FreeBSD kernel can
> use as a root device. In that case it should be more clearly
> documented. Or if not, it may turn out to be a bug in grub-probe.
On VT4, grub-install complains that it is unable to determine the
BIOS drive of the root partition and that I should check the map file,
which I can't because there is none...
> > - a regression: now xfburn finds the CDR drive only when started
> > by root. /dev/cd0 is owned by root:cdrom, and the standard user is
> > member of the cdrom group.
>
> Is /dev/cd0 readable and/or writable by the group? Does changing that
> fix it? This will be determined by devfs rules in /etc.
It was rw for the group. chmod o+rw or a+w did not help either.
> > and the notification area in the panel is only a vertcal bar.
>
> Obvious question, but were any applications running that would
> actually display something there? If I install+run something like
> psi-plus, then it correctly displays there.
Installed psi-plus and started it: Voila, a star in the notification
area!
> The nv driver should support at least *some* nVidia cards, perhaps
> older and not integrated chipsets. I've started a Wiki page where we
> can start to collect data on this:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_Hardware#Graphics_cards
When I got some more time, I will test that dozen old NVidia cards in
my trash bin ;-) and report the results.
> The vesa fallback should be good enough for at least some uses.
Sure, if 1024*768 or the text console is enough.
Herbert
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