On 18/12/2013 22:09, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 22:05:27 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > >> Besides, when it comes to KMS drivers, is there a point in auto-loading them >> just because the hardware is present? AFAICS it makes a lot more sense to >> load >> them only when X is started and we know we will need them. >> > Yes. At least on linux it also gives you the fb console.
Oh. Well we don't enable that yet (but now that you mention it, maybe we should...). > And there's > been a number of bug reports where X failed to start because the radeon > kernel driver was loaded too late. Where's this race condition? Is it related to the Linux plumbing, or something that could affect us too? -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
