On Mon, 2016-12-05 at 16:27 +0100, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 03:23:24PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Mon, 2016-12-05 at 11:25 +0100, Micha vor dem Berge wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > I recently upgraded my xserver-xorg-video-intel package to the newest > > > jessie-backports (version 2:2.99.917+git20161105-1~bpo8+1). After a > > > reboot, X doesn't start anymore. > > > > [...] > > > > The intel driver is obsolete for all but the oldest chips; you should > > use xserver-xorg-video-modesetting. Actually that driver's part of xserver-xorg-core now, not its own package. > > (We should make this switch automatic on upgrade.) > > > > Ben. > > > > What happens to those that loose functionally[1] on that switch? Is it our > fate? No-one should lose functionality. We would change the X intel driver to not bind to devices that are handled by i915 on the kernel side. It would still bind to the devices that don't work with the X modesetting driver. > [1] I'm not able to use my USB 3.1 VGA/HDMI adapter without > xorg-video-intel. Neither of the X drivers can set up any kind of output port; that's all handled by the kernel's i915 driver. So if one works and the other doesn't, it's almost certainly a bug rather than missing functionality. I.e. you should report this and expect it to get fixed quickly. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett
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