Bug#207481: xserver-xfree86: proposed debconf overhaul

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

Moin Christoph!
Christoph Hellwig schrieb am Wednesday, den 27. August 2003:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 07:02:44PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > framebuffer for nvidia cards?  (and the framebuffer driver is called
> > rivafb, just btw..)
> 
> which doesn't show up in /proc/fb but at least in the 2.6 driver the
> string nvidia won't appear in it either, just RIVA-*/GeForce*/etc..

Okay, let's find a consens. Nvidia was just an example for cards that
AFAIK never need the UseFBDev option. I just want to prevent the users
from making the wrong choice. And we don't want to bother the user with
question if the answer is obvious (to 95 percent).

So again, proposing the scheme:

if /proc mounted:
  if /proc/fb exists:
    if(driver-listed-there matches choosen video card):
      preset use_fbdev to true
      preset priority to low
    else
      preset use_fbdev to false
      preset priority to medium
    fi
  else
    preset use_fbdev to false
    preset priority to low
  fi
else
  preset use_fbdev to false
  preset priority to medium
fi

MfG,
Eduard.
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