Re: radeonkms kernel module are not loaded automatically
On 05/12/2013 00:08, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> I reverted to unpatched libdrm2/2.4.49-2, and so on boot when lightdm
> started, Xorg detects no modesetting and it falls back automatically to
> the vesa driver. (Seemed quite fast and usable, actually).
Why vesa?
> This is exactly the kind of fallback we want. It would be ideal though
> if the radeonkms module could be auto-loaded (and its prerequisite drm2)
> just as Xorg is starting up.
So when using the upstream kernel, you'd want radeonkms to be auto-loaded
rather than radeon. But if we change this, it'll affect users of the Debian
kernel too.
When using the Debian kernel, which module should be loaded?
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Robert Millan
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