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Hi all, my development system running unstable failed to start X server after an dist-upgrade two days ago. After a bit of investigation I found out that the radeon module is not loaded at bootup anymore. To get the graphical login back, the following commands as root were needed: # modprobe radeonWhy radeon is not loaded at boot anymore is a mystery to me. All other modules from /etc/modules (symlinked as /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf) are active after bootup. Having no idea of systemd so far, I looked up a few manpages. This quote from the manpage systemd-modules-load.service(8) caught my attention: systemd-modules-load.service is an early-boot service that loads kernel modules from static configuration.So my guess was that with systemd the modules listed in /etc/modules must be available from the initial ramdisk. To verify if this is the case, I added the radeon module to the initial ramdisk: # echo radeon >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modulesThis change actually fixed the problem for me: After reboot the X server starts just fine and I get my graphical login back. But looking at the other modules in /etc/modules these actually get loaded even though they are not included in my initrd (except for the loop.ko module). Can anybody give me a hint what is going on here? This could be a upgrade problem for jessie as I am sure there are many systems out there that still load some modules by means of /etc/modules-load.d. Greetings, Torsten |