** Tags added: flickerfreeboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965303
Title: Migrate from fbdev drivers to simpledrm and DRM fbdev emulation layer Status in gdm: Fix Released Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Jammy: Won't Fix Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 source package in Jammy: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Lunar: Won't Fix Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 source package in Lunar: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Mantic: Won't Fix Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 source package in Mantic: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Noble: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 source package in Noble: Fix Released Status in linux package in Fedora: Fix Released Bug description: [ Impact ] The fbdev subsystem has been deprecated for a long time. We should drop it in favour of using simpledrm with fbdev emulation layer. This requires Kernel config changes: FB_EFI=n FB_VESA=n fbcon will still require FB to be available, but will use the fbdev emulation layer [ Test Plan ] * Ensure that systems currently relying on fbdev (and therefore only allowing Xorg logins) such as some virtual machine types, boot with working Wayland support. [ Where Problems could occur ] * When this stack is enabled, it changes boot timing such that some drivers may take a longer time to boot and GDM may hang in a black screen (bug 2039757). * Race conditions could be exposed to DE environments * Software that expects to find DRM device at /dev/dri/card0 may have a problem. * Some older versions of NVIDIA driver might not work properly. [ Other Info ] * Fedora bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022385 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/1965303/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
