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  1. Bug #1414630
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Comment 1 for bug 1414630

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Alan Griffiths (alan-griffiths) wrote : Re: mir_demo_server exits immediately with boost bad_any_cast exception

We also see mir_demo_server failing to parse platform specific switches (e.g. --vt 1)

It looks as though the cause is:

 2254. By Andreas Pokorny on 2015-01-23

    Add server-side platform probing support.

    Modules are checked in MIR_SERVER_PLATFORM_PATH, with configuration overrides available to both force a specific module and to check in a specific path.

    Modules are probed to determine whether they can drive the available hardware. If a real platform - Android or Mesa - is capable of driving the hardware then it is used; otherwise the stub platform is loaded.