On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:31:15 +0200 "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 05:32:38PM +0200, raingloom wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:44:58 +0200 > > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >[…] > > > I believe uvesafb makes the graphics work on any > > > x86_64 or x86 machine, so no save-graphics GRUB entry is needed. > > > But maybe I’m wrong and uvesafb isn’t a panacea. > > >[…] > > Hmm, it did end up working, even without the amdgpu trick. Finally > > had an excuse to try the TUI installer. > > I guess we can close this for now, but I still think that a safe > > graphics mode could be a good idea. > > Is there reason to believe installer’s graphics don’t work on some PC? > > Regards, > Florian I have laptops with fried GPUs that still somewhat work with nomodeset. For rescue images, a no-graphics or nomodeset graphics mode is definitely useful, because graphics is often the reason booting is broken.
