Bug#700946: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: fails to modprobe nouveau: KMS not enabled
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Version: 1:1.0.4-1
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60772
Since commit e34cfbd5 ("nouveau: Factor out common code to NVHasKMS()"),
the DDX fails to load the kernel module if it had not been loaded
previously, leaving the user with the vesa driver or X failing,
depending on their xorg.conf.
I'm afraid this is going to be a rather big problem for us, since the
nvidia-kernel-common package in squeeze, wheezy and sid installs a file
in /etc/modprobe.d that blacklists the nouveau kernel module. While the
nvidia-kernel-common version in experimental does not do this
anymore[1], users who have removed but not purged nvidia-kernel-common,
or haven't upgraded to the version in experimental yet, are going to
have a rather unpleasant experience. :/
1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684774
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