On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:12:20 -0700, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel > Version: 2:2.9.1-4 > Severity: minor > > There is plenty of advice on the internet to ignore this message which > is why I have classified this as a minor bug. Nevertheless, when you > are fighting some X configuration issue and see this message it > introduces a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt about how you have > configured X. Fortunately, I fought through to success (the issues I > encountered will be reported in a different bug), but the "FATAL" > message is still there with that successful X configuration which > means it really is a meaningless message just like the web says. So > therefore, please just remove this useless and confusing message! > > Also, if this is the wrong package to report this bug (say if this is > caused by the X server rather than intel driver), please forward this > bug to the appropriate X package. > The message comes from modprobe. The message is harmless if it means your kernel has fbcon compiled in, but it isn't if it means fbcon is missing. There's no way for X to know... Cheers, Julien
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