[Bug 171] Review Request: rpmfusion-config-display - tool to manage proprietary graphic drivers

[RPM Fusion Bugzilla]

http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171





--- Comment #28 from Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora at leemhuis.info>  2009-01-07 19:38:28 ---
(In reply to comment #23)
> (In reply to comment #21)
> > No; it IMHO definitely should be part of the driver package and completely auto
> > generated there. Maintaining such a package manually sounds way to complicated
> > to me -- especially when it comes to people that mix packages from updates,
> > updates-testing or other repos (rawhide, external)
> The config files can't be autogenerated, as they'll change from release to
> release (for example, the past 2 versions of fglrx require a Screen section
> while the previous releases didn't) and they include the PCI IDs of the
> supported hardware as well... I mean, either way something has manual, but with
> this setup we'll be changing an option in the config file instead of changing
> the initscripts or foo-config-display scripts all the time.

Well, I mainly meant the list with the PCI IDs should get auto-generated. But
whatever: the data afaics definitely needs to be in a driver subpackage that
has a hard, versioned dep on the main driver package. Otherwise crazy things
might happen if (for example) a users updates to a update-testing driver (and a
geneeric rpmfusion-gpu-hwinfo package from testing( and later downgrades to the
older driver from stable (which would need the older rpmfusion-gpu-hwinfo).

(In reply to comment #24)
> I worked on rpmfusion-config-display for many hours today, here's where we
> stand at the moment:
> - Added support for autoselection of the correct driver when multiple GPUs are
> installed
> - Users are notified when none of the drivers support their hardware
> - Profile script checks for running X server before outputting a warning
> - RPM checks to test driver installation are functional

Sounds good. Thx for your work!

> [...]
> I also experimented with the dynamic radio buttons,

As mentioned earlier already: if that a lot of work just ignore it and go for a
solution that is easier to implement as easy to use (like the one in your
mockup)


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