From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Jul 20 09:47:21 2019 Received: (at 36069) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jul 2019 13:47:21 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56941 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hophp-0003kq-61 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:47:21 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37199) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hophn-0003kc-4w for 36069@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:47:19 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:50909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hophg-0002T0-Hw; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:47:12 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=41860 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hophf-0008Jl-U5; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:47:12 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC References: <20190625002420.27685559@alma-ubu> <87v9wtn4u9.fsf@gnu.org> <36FEF9C6-B901-4E6B-920B-00E545A10279@vllmrt.net> <20190625170603.176cb07b@alma-ubu> <20190625155439.hmzw4s6o2pxhwyiw@pelzflorian.localdomain> <20190626185141.3e4639de@alma-ubu> <20190626202351.s2km4b4zt7uwdob7@pelzflorian.localdomain> <73149751-082E-4EB6-89CB-7E242830BDBF@vllmrt.net> <87zhlab5hc.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7danfos.fsf@netris.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 2 Thermidor an 227 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:47:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87a7danfos.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:37:12 -0400") Message-ID: <87pnm495t3.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36069 Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_H?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=B6fling?= , "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" , 36069@debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Vollmert X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > >> Robert Vollmert skribis: [...] >>> Great find! Indeed, lspci lists >>> >>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 >>> >>> Is this something that could be fixed by including a driver for that >>> card in the kernel? >> >> I suppose so. >> >> Mark, WDYT about adding support for Cirrus VGA cards to the kernel? >> What would it take to do so? > > I know of two kernel configuration options for Cirrus video cards: > > CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU: Cirrus driver for QEMU emulated device > CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS: Cirrus Logic support > > CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU is enabled as a module in all of our > configurations except for 5.2-arm-veyron.conf. CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is > enabled as a module in all of our x86_64 and i686 configurations. > > Is there something else I've overlooked? Oh, I see. Robert and Bj=C3=B6rn, could you check if adding the =E2=80=98cirrus=E2=80= =99 and possibly the =E2=80=98cirrusfb=E2=80=99 module(s) to =E2=80=98initrd-modules=E2=80= =99 in the image you run at your VPS solves the issue? TIA, Ludo=E2=80=99.