@sforshee Something should be in release notes and/or a text box in the
installer.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680276
Title:
DRM for Via GPUs is missing
To manage notifications a
The changes to disable the modules happened in zesty. These are the ones
that are no longer enabled:
DRM_TDFX: 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+
DRM_R128: ATI Rage 128
DRM_I810: ATI Rage 128
DRM_MGA: Matrox g200/g400
DRM_SIS: SiS video cards
DRM_VIA: Via unichrome video cards
DRM_SAVAGE: Savage video cards
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@jsalisbury: The via DRM is still missing with 4.11-rc5.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11-rc5/linux-
image-4.11.0-041100rc5-generic_4.11.0-041100rc5.201704022131_amd64.deb
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Zesty)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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@sforshee: Is this something new to Zesty or was it done in previous
releases? It's been years since I've tried a Via Chrome system so it's
new to me at least.
Is there a list of DRM drivers or other modules affected by this policy
somewhere? IIRC most FB video drivers are blacklisted due to
in
This and a handful of other DRM drivers got disabled because they
present insecure APIs to userspace. The recommendation provided from
upstream developers is "to use the safe modeset-only drivers instead,
and perform 3D emulation in user-space." If that isn't practical for
some reason we might be a
Also, is this a regression? Did this issue start happening after an
update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not
having this particular problem?
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium => High
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Zesty)
Importance: High
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