Hello AaronMa, or anyone else affected, Accepted kmod into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kmod/24-1ubuntu3.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: kmod (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to kmod in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1786574 Title: remove i2c-i801 from blacklist Status in HWE Next: New Status in OEM Priority Project: New Status in kmod package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in kmod source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in kmod source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in kmod source package in Cosmic: Fix Committed Bug description: SRU justification ============ [Impact] Many modern notebooks need i2c-i801 kernel module to function, but it is blacklisted by /etc/modprobe/blacklist.conf, which gives a very poor user experience. [Test case] 1. Install Ubuntu 2. Check touchpad works or not 3. Install the fixed kmod package 4. Confirm touchpad works [Regression Potential] i2c-i801 was blacklisted due to bug 16602. The user complains an HP Compaq nc6000 notebook cannot suspend without blacklisting i2c-i801. While this is a way to workaround the suspend issue, the proper fix should be in linux kernel. Since nc6000 was a machine sold in 2004, it is too difficult to find someone to verify if it will regress due to this SRU. The rationale to blacklist it is: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotplug/+bug/16602/comments/5, however it is no longer valid nowadays on modern computers. Besides, there look like to be a quirk in linux kernel that fixes it: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/master/drivers/pci/quirks.c#L1434 [Other Info] rationale of i2c_i801 driver blacklist: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kmod/+question/269329 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original bug report: We have a Lenovo Thinkpad machine that requires i2c-i801 kernel module to work, but it is listed in /etc/modprobe/blacklist.conf in Ubuntu. To use the touchpad, users have to remove the i2c-i801 line manually. i2c-i801 in blacklist.conf is a very old workaround to fix HP compaq nc6000 (Bug #16602), this module should be removed from blacklist. There is also another bug (Bug #1475945) that needs this module for Acer trackpad to work. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1786574/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
