Public bug reported: Switching form the vivid HWE stack to the xenial HWE stack results in the removal of the packages providing the r128 and mach64 driver.
bdmurray@upgrade-trusty-amd64:~$ hwe-support-status --show-replacements xserver-xorg-lts-xenial linux-image-generic-lts-xenial libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-xenial bdmurray@upgrade-trusty-amd64:~$ sudo apt-get install $(hwe-support-status --show-replacements) Reading package lists... Done ... Suggested packages: fdutils linux-lts-xenial-tools xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi gpointing-device-settings touchfreeze firmware-amd-graphics xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-xenial firmware-linux Recommended packages: xserver-xorg-video-modesetting The following packages will be REMOVED: libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid libgbm1-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid libglapi-mesa-lts-vivid libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid libxatracker2-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-mouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-radeon-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-vivid The following NEW packages will be installed: libegl1-mesa-lts-xenial libgbm1-lts-xenial libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-xenial libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-xenial libglapi-mesa-lts-xenial libgles1-mesa-lts-xenial libgles2-mesa-lts-xenial libllvm3.8v4 libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-xenial libxatracker2-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial linux-headers-4.4.0-34 linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic linux-headers-generic-lts-xenial linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic linux-image-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-qxl-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-radeon-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-xenial 0 upgraded, 43 newly installed, 36 to remove and 34 not upgraded. Notice how xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-vivid is removed and the corresponding xenial package is only suggested. ** Affects: xorg-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) Status: New ** Affects: xorg-lts-xenial (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xorg-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) ** Also affects: xorg-lts-xenial (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-lts-xenial in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1611982 Title: HWE upgrade from vivid to xenial removes support for r128 and mach64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-lts-xenial/+bug/1611982/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp