Il 26/07/19 17:02, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: > On 7/26/19 4:39 PM, aggaz wrote: >> 1. Would it be possible to have UMS drivers compatible with modern kernels? > > You can always boot the kernel with "nomodeset" and then try the generic > VESA driver (if that still exists).
I was hoping to be able to run the old radeon 9200 driver in UMS, but I don't know if that is possible. I was never really able to orient myself in this area. >> 2. If answer to "1" is true, would it be possible to make a debian >> package for it? > > It might be a wiser idea to fix the particular bug in the radeon driver rather > than using the UMS driver as a crude workaround. > > Was this bug ever reported to the kernel bugtracker? I honestly don't know. It does not seem so. I am not familiar with kernels and bug reports, I did a search on https://bugzilla.kernel.org and I was not able to find anything relevant. > Does the KMS driver work on the virtual console? Or does the issue affect > both the virtual consoles and X? If I remember correctly, the bug affects the virtual console too. By using "nomodeset" it is possible to use the console, but X usually gives issues. As far as I know, at best, people is able to manage an X window system without accelleration. Sooner or later I would like to try to install a recent Debian Sid on that machine. I will keep you posted. Regards A.
