Re: Bug#207481: xserver-xfree86: proposed debconf overhaul

[ilmari@ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)]

Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> writes:

> Moin Christoph!
> Christoph Hellwig schrieb am Wednesday, den 27. August 2003:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:08:02PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
>> > Package: xserver-xfree86
>> > Severity: wishlist
>> > 
>> > Okay, here is what I would change in xserver-xfree86.config.
>> > 
>> >  - xserver-xfree86/config/device/use_fbdev:
>> >    check for existance of /proc/fb before asking the question about
>> >    framebuffer support. 
>> 
>> remember that procfs is optional...
>
> check. for. existance. I think this covers the case of missing /proc.
>
>>>    - If it does not exist, do not ask the question and set use_fbdev to
>>>      false. 

That breaks when you have framebuffer and not /proc, making it
impossible to set the value.

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ilmari