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Re: Finding correct component for Virtual Box / Debian / screen resolution issue



On Mon, 2013-08-05 at 10:58 +0200, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> 
> > Doesn't look like something to be run in d-i.
> 
> As I understand it, isenkram is just a proof of concept of the idea.
> It also seems to be a reimplementation of discover?
> 
> > discover already pulls virtualbox bits in. Mentioned not so long ago in:
> >   https://lists.debian.org/20130726091036.GB22819@mraw.org
> 
> Aha, so that is where I should file a patch for installing
> thinkfan/etc on Thinkpads when installing with d-i.
[...]

I strongly oppose installing, by default, any userland program that
takes over such low-level hardware control.  (Yes, that includes X with
UMS.  But that will have to be grandfathered for now.)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.

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