Re: autodectection of modules at boot time
Hi Adam,
xvidetect was installed into the archives yesterday, so you should be able
to get it from your favorite mirror. Please note that the copy in the
archive is slightly different from the one that's in my homedir on master.
(it uses /usr/share/doc instead of /usr/doc)
> Um, would it be possible to somehow integrate this with xserver-common
> such that after installation, we could add a task to run xviddetect
> and automatically pick the right xserver-* package for installation?
I have spoken to Branden about this. The feeling seems to be that this
belongs to boot floppies. It doesn't matter to me really... whatever works
best.
> I think this is an important "ergonomic" improvement because many many
> people have confusion determining the correct xserver-* package to
> install.
Yes, which is why I wrote it in the first place :-)
> Randolph, you would be interested in workthig this out with us and
> hopefully with the X Window System team?
Yes, fwiw I am on both -boot and -x. The question is, can we get this in
before the freeze? I'll be on irc on and off this evening and over the
weekend, if you need to get in touch with me real time. It'd be great if we
can get this in. One concern though is that it really only works well for
i386 at the moment. The good thing perhaps is that the other archs have a
much smaller number of X servers, and the typical {alpha,sparc,m68k,ppc}
user is probably more knowledgable about what to pick anyway.
randolph
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