Bug#514418: [FIX]: ultra45 boot failing...

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Josip Rodin <joy@debbugs.entuzijast.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:20:39 +0100

> On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 04:58:08PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > So you're saying that X working is more important than machines
> > actually booting at all?  These priorities are wrong.
> 
> When N (where N > 0) users complain about dead X, and 0 users complain
> about not being able to boot, the priorities are fairly clear...

If their machine won't even boot into the installer they are unlikely
to even make a report.

You've really got it backwards.

Users who hit this problem don't even have a chance to run your
distribution at all.

Furthermore the point remains that you put a change into the kernel
that I would never have advocated had you presented the bug to
me.  I would have suggested ways to fix the X server and even
worked on the patch.

But since nobody contacted me about this, a broken change went into
the kernel instead.

And on top of it, you're going to sit here and argue with me about
whether totally-unworking > x-not-working. :-/