On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:42:51PM +0930, Ron wrote: > > Hi, > > Hopefully I've cc'd the right people to get this remedied now.
You didn't, but I did. You need the Packages-arch-specific maintainers for that. > Summary: could you please add svgatextmode to the list of packages > autobuilt for amd64 now. It is reported to work there. > > I can kick this off with maintainer upload for this arch, with > #428999 fixed (again). > > Cheers, > Ron > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 05:01:43PM +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > >>>>>> Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> BTW, why the amd64 binary for SVGATextMode is missing from the > > >> archive? > > > > > That's a good question, but its not a bug in the package itself so > > > far as I am aware. Active development on this ceased long before > > > there ever was an amd64 arch, so I guess the buildd blacklist has > > > just never been updated, > > > > I've supposed something like that. Yet I don't know where the > > blacklist could be found so that I could check it. > > > > > and you may well be the first to ever actually try it ;-) > > > > Well, it seems that Ubuntu has a binary package: > > > > http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/svgatextmode > > > > >> I've recently built it from source on an etch amd64 system and it > > >> works just fine. > > > > > Cool. I don't see too many reasons why it should not, though I also > > > wouldn't be too surprised if some hardware specific code will need a > > > type tweak or two. Just for the record here, what video hardware > > > are you using? > > > > I've used default TextConfig (with ``Chipset "VGA"''.) The > > hardware is: > > > > # lspci > > ... > > 00:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev 02) > > ... > > # > > >> (Unfortunately, I cannot set-up pbuilder environment at the moment > > >> to check for the missing dependencies.) > > > > > That's ok, if you think this is a viable addition to the amd64 arch, > > > please report your success to the buildd maintainers with a request > > > to update the blacklist. > > > > How do I reach them? > > > > > If that happens, I can check the build logs myself. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
