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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:56:41 +0200
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To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 40599@debbugs.gnu.org, Niels Felsted <niels@pdlkrft.eu>

Hi Florian,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> I wonder whether it=E2=80=99s better to
>
> 1) revert uvesafb and break other systems again, including other AMD
> ones,
>
> 2) add modprobe.blacklist=3Damdgpu to the default kernel parameters,
> although I=E2=80=99m not sure if uvesafb can replace amdgpu for every scr=
een.

It=E2=80=99s a tough choice.  We know what we=E2=80=99d lose with option #1=
, but we
don=E2=80=99t really know what we=E2=80=99d lose with option #2, right?

Maybe wait and see if passing =E2=80=9Cmodprobe.blacklist=3Damdgpu=E2=80=9D=
 works on
Neils=E2=80=99 machine?

Ludo=E2=80=99.