Bug#779515: Should enable the qxl kernel driver when installed
Control: severity -1 important
Control: tag -1 patch
Hi,
On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> I've enabled the kernel's qxl driver, but disabled by default so that
> it doesn't conflict with wheezy's version of xserver-xorg-video-qxl.
>
> Please install a modprobe configuration file with the line:
>
> options qxl modeset=1
Suggested patch attached. Can be applied on top of the current git
repository.
I have just encountered one case where the xorg driver would not work
without this (instead I got a brown screen and a machine lockup).
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer
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>From 6059608a3e89e70df63c6a12aff8feb070dcaa0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl=20Hertzog?= <hertzog@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 12:36:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Install /etc/modprobe.d/qxl.conf to enable the kernel driver
Closes: #779515
Sponsored-By: Offensive Security
---
debian/changelog | 7 +++++++
debian/qxl.conf | 1 +
debian/xserver-xorg-video-qxl.install | 1 +
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 debian/qxl.conf
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8a75313..bfc59e7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+xserver-xorg-video-qxl (0.1.4-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ * Install /etc/modprobe.d/qxl.conf to enable the kernel driver.
+ Closes: #779515
+
+ -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:35:53 +0200
+
xserver-xorg-video-qxl (0.1.4-3) unstable; urgency=medium
* Team upload.
diff --git a/debian/qxl.conf b/debian/qxl.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac80daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/qxl.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+options qxl modeset=1
diff --git a/debian/xserver-xorg-video-qxl.install b/debian/xserver-xorg-video-qxl.install
index 1254e24..cd3ae4e 100644
--- a/debian/xserver-xorg-video-qxl.install
+++ b/debian/xserver-xorg-video-qxl.install
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/qxl_drv.so
+debian/qxl.conf etc/modprobe.d/
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2.1.4
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