Bug #11441

Stretch's X.Org cannot start with Linux 3.16's qxl

Added by intrigeri 2016-05-18 08:26:22 . Updated 2016-07-30 10:01:25 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Elevated
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Category:
Hardware support
Target version:
Tails_3.0
Start date:
2016-05-18
Due date:
% Done:

100%

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Code
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Description

This breaks X.Org startup on feature/stretch in my testing environment, and in the configuration used by our automated test suite. Maybe this should make us prioritize Feature #10298 higher.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #10298: Upgrade to Linux 4.x Resolved 2015-08-11
Related to Tails - Bug #11518: Linux 4.x QXL 64-bit kernel modesetting breaks 32-bit X.Org Resolved 2016-06-08

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2016-05-18 08:29:55

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2016-05-18 09:23:13

I’ve also tried the following QEMU video adapters:

  • Cirrus video, cirrus.modeset=1: X.Org fails to start
  • Cirrus video, cirrus.modeset=0: X.Org fails to start
  • VGA video: X.Org starts (using the modesetting driver)
  • VMVGA: X.Org fails to start

So as a temporary workaround, I’ve applied commit:91f2ae1 (“Test suite: use a VGA graphics adapter, instead of the QXL one”) to feature/stretch.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2016-06-08 08:36:54

  • related to Bug #11518: Linux 4.x QXL 64-bit kernel modesetting breaks 32-bit X.Org added

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2016-07-30 10:01:25

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

feature/stretch now has the branch for Feature #10298 merged in, so closing.