GNU bug report logs - #40538
installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines without KMS.

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Package: guix;

Reported by: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #86 received at 40538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>, 40538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40538: installer: Support uvesafb to install on machines
 without KMS.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:28:38 +0200

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 12:09:12PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Or better yet, is there a way to check whether KMS is already using
> another driver, and to not load uvesafb in that case?  Probably there’s
> some info in /sys.

Hmm I will try if checking for the presence of /dev/fb0 helps.

Regards,
Florian
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