Package: udev Version: 175-7.1 Severity: important The x86-based OLPC XO systems apparently don't support a VGA- compatible text mode, so text consoles on these systems require the lxfb driver. This was previously built-in to the i386 kernel images, but for reasons explained in in #686528 it was changed to a module.
The module can be auto-loaded based on a PCI device ID, but udev's configuration file /etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf currently prevents this. When this was discussed on IRC, two general reasons were cited for blacklisting framebuffer drivers by default: 1. Conflict with the X driver for the same chip. 2. Remote management firmware/hardware that supports remote console access in text mode only. Neither of these reasons apply to the lxfb driver: the X driver is compatible, and these chips are not used in servers. Besides which, the blacklist had no effect on lxfb while it was built-in. To avoid a regression, lxfb should be removed from the blacklist. Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: amd64 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages udev depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49 ii libc6 2.13-38 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-5 ii libudev0 175-7.1 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian9 ii procps 1:3.3.4-2 ii util-linux 2.20.1-5.3 Versions of packages udev recommends: ii pciutils 1:3.1.9-6 ii usbutils 1:005-3 udev suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
