On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:22:57AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I got a head on my G3 tonight and ate some of my own dog food as far as the > X server goes. > > Linux redwald 2.2.18pre21 #1 Mon Nov 20 21:18:03 EST 2000 ppc unknown > xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v5 > > It has a Rage 128 RE. A BusID was mandatory, and my debconf questions > don't handle that yet. Having UseFBDev on or off seemed to be harmless > either way. > > The keyboard was no problem since I answered "macintosh_old" to the > keyboard question. No problems with a cordless Logitech WheelMouse, > either. > > Basically, the server worked to my satisfaction (though I did not test DRI) > except for this BusID business, and I wanted to solicit opinions on what to > do about it. > > It looks like the best thing I can do is: > > 1) add a BusID question to the templates > 2) add the following logic to the .config script: > (this is psuedocode, don't sweat the syntax, please) > > if arch == powerpc: > FOO=$(lspci | grep VGA) > switch (wc -l $FOO) > case 0: probably bail since we can't find a video card > case 1: cut the bus:slot.func parts out and convert each of > them to decimal, then auto-answer the BusID > question with this info > case >1: actually ask the question, making the user specify > BusID manually > > 3) dexconf would then write out the value of the BusID template if and only > if the architecture is powerpc.
Note, the busid thingy is also usefull on non ppc boxes. Especially for multi-function devices. I admit they are not that common, but still it would be nice to have the same handling also for these cases., especially in the case >1 bus entries. Friendly, Sven Luther
