Public bug reported:
The qxl kernel module is present in linux-modules-extra, which is not
installed by default using cloud images.
The scenario that breaks is if you want to have an ubuntu desktop in a
VM. Since we don't have a desktop image, you start by deploying the
normal image, and then install the ubuntu-desktop metapackage. But
without the qxl module, and given that our libvirt/qemu VM defaults to
using qxl for its graphics device, the desktop will fail to come up. You
just get a blinking cursor, no gdm.
Perhaps there is another way to get this experience working out of the
box, though. Perhaps something with dependencies and virtual provides,
I'm unsure. Or there is another way to deploy an ubuntu desktop in a VM.
I'm also unsure when this stopped working. Maybe qxl was in linux-
modules before, or maybe we started defaulting to that graphics device
at some later point in time, and qxl was never in linux-modules to begin
with.
$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-20-generic:
/lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Incomplete
** Description changed:
The qxl kernel module is present in linux-modules-extra, which is not
installed by default using cloud images.
The scenario that breaks is if you want to have an ubuntu desktop in a
VM. Since we don't have a desktop image, you start by deploying the
normal image, and then install the ubuntu-desktop metapackage. But
without the qxl module, and given that our libvirt/qemu VM defaults to
using qxl for its graphics device, the desktop will fail to come up. You
just get a blinking cursor, no gdm.
Perhaps there is another way to get this experience working out of the
box, though. Perhaps something with dependencies and virtual provides,
I'm unsure. Or there is another way to deploy an ubuntu desktop in a VM.
I'm also unsure when this stopped working. Maybe qxl was in linux-
modules before, or maybe we started defaulting to that graphics device
at some later point in time, and qxl was never in linux-modules to begin
with.
+
+
+ $ dpkg -S /lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
+ linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-20-generic:
/lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2016005
Title:
qxl should be in linux-modules, and not just linux-modules-extra
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
The qxl kernel module is present in linux-modules-extra, which is not
installed by default using cloud images.
The scenario that breaks is if you want to have an ubuntu desktop in a
VM. Since we don't have a desktop image, you start by deploying the
normal image, and then install the ubuntu-desktop metapackage. But
without the qxl module, and given that our libvirt/qemu VM defaults to
using qxl for its graphics device, the desktop will fail to come up.
You just get a blinking cursor, no gdm.
Perhaps there is another way to get this experience working out of the
box, though. Perhaps something with dependencies and virtual provides,
I'm unsure. Or there is another way to deploy an ubuntu desktop in a
VM.
I'm also unsure when this stopped working. Maybe qxl was in linux-
modules before, or maybe we started defaulting to that graphics device
at some later point in time, and qxl was never in linux-modules to
begin with.
$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-20-generic:
/lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
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