On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 04:38:37PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > AIUI, uvesafb is needed for ksmcon (or presumably X11) to work, but it’s > not necessary to get the standard Linux framebuffer/console running > (indeed, you were able to ctrl-alt-f3 to get a terminal). Is this > correct?
Yes, all correct. > If that’s the case, then I think it’s acceptable for now to install a > system that lacks uvesafb. Of course X11 won’t work (right?), Yes, right. > which is > not great, but people can hopefully address it at the console until we > have a better fix, possibly using ‘kernel-module-configuration-service’ > as you write. > > WDYT? I agree. I will try making a patch including your suggestions in a few hours. > > 2. Does "modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf" work? I thought there was nothing > taking care of creating “modprobe.d” automatically. I think I tested this version of the patch and it worked. One can test on QEMU by passing nomodeset (without uvesafb the installer stays black, I think). It also matches the description of kernel-module-loader-service-type that was recently added to the manual. Regards, Florian
