Bug#657098: [regression] bttv dvb_bt8xx bt878 hang on boot unless post: drm

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Harry Coin wrote:

> I first saw this problem after a routine synaptic update to the latest linux version in 
> squeeze.

What were the Linux versions before and after?  (/var/log/dpkg.log*
might help.)

>                                                Creating the file /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf
> with this content:
>
> softdep bttv post: drm
> softdep bt878 post: drm
>
> then update-grub2
> resolves the problem.   HTH!
[...]
> ** Tainted: P (1)
>  * Proprietary module has been loaded.

Please test without the nvidia driver.  If it works, we can pass it to
the nvidia driver maintainers, and otherwise, we will be in much
better shape to investigate this or get help from upstream.

Thanks and hope that helps,
Jonathan