Subject: Re: bug#58549: [PATCH draft] installer: welcome: Warn when uvesafb gets used.

From: Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:40:32 +0200

Hello Florian,

> +  (when (member "uvesafb" (modules-loaded))
> +    (run-error-page (G_ "\
> +This may be a false alarm, but possibly your graphics hardware does not
> +work well with only free software.  Expect trouble.  If after installation,
> +the system does not boot, perhaps you will need to add nomodeset to the
> +kernel arguments and need to configure the uvesafb kernel module.")
> +                    (G_ "Pre-install warning")))

This seems like a good idea to me. Perhaps we could be a bit more
specific about the "expected troubles". Is it a black screen after Linux
boot on the installed system?

Thanks,

Mathieu