On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 16:42:42 -0600, Jason D. Clinton wrote: > Instead, a mechanism to modify the kernel boot line (like in > /etc/default/grub in the grub case) should be used; likely with the > cooperation of the bootloader maintainers. The appropriate kernel boot > parameter is "video=i915:modeset=1". This is how other distributions > are doing it and it is the method supported by initramfs-tools. > So I don't see any actual evidence that other distros are messing around with kernel parameters to load i915 (which wouldn't make sense to me anyway).
What I'm seeing is that debian's udev ships a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf which prevents i915 from being loaded at boot. I'm talking to the kernel and udev maintainers to see how to resolve this. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
