Bug#182704: Debconf configuration sets use_fbdev without asking, making X unstartable

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Don, 2003-02-27 at 13:26, Daniel Burrows wrote: 
> 
>   This one has been annoying me for some time now.  For whatever reason,
> using the framebuffer device interface doesn't work on my system (this is
> the use_fbdev debconf option). However, the config script SKIPS this question 
> every time I run itm, unconditionally resetting my XF86Config-4 to a broken 
> state.

Even with dpkg-reconfigure -plow ?

>   It seems like this happens because /proc/fb exists, and
> [ -n "$(cat /proc/fb)" ] fails.  On my computer, /proc/fb is a zero-byte
> file, which is probably why the test fails:
> 
> torrent.burrows.local:~> wc -c /proc/fb
>       0 /proc/fb

Probably not:

daenzer@thor> wc -c /proc/fb                                           ~
      0 /proc/fb
daenzer@thor> cat /proc/fb                                             ~
0 M9 Lf

What does yours contain?


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