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i810 modesetting driver can't be installed concurrently with ubuntu-desktop

Bug #80417 reported by Joachim Sauer
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting

I'd like to try the i810 modesetting branch for experimentation in feisty fawn (I'm aware that both feisty and that driver aren't stable yet). But unfortunately there is no way (short of some --force-* options) to install both xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting and ubuntu-desktop (because the latter has a dependency chain running from xorg -> xserver-xorg -> xserver-xorg-video-all -> xserver-xorg-video-i810, which is conflicting with xserver-xorg-video-i810).

I think that a "Provides: xserver-xorg-video-i810" in x-x-v-i810-modesetting would fix this problem.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/xorg
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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote :

I don't have this exact problem.

If I try to install the -modesetting driver, It tries to uninstall the xserver-xorg-driver-all package, as it depends on the i810 driver, and the i810-modesetting removes it. However, it doesn't remove the xorg package, so I can have the ubuntu-desktop with the i810-modesetting.

However, this is still a bug, as it shouldn't try to remove the xserver-xorg-video-all metapackage.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting:
assignee: nobody → pochu
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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote :

Reassigning to Matthew. If you are not the right person for this, just unassign you ;)

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting:
assignee: pochu → mjg59
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Nafallo Bjälevik (nafallo)
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting:
assignee: mjg59 → nobody
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Joachim Sauer (saua) wrote :

Hm ... I've tried again and it worked just as you described. Either something changed or (more likely) I've just made some mistake the first time. Feel free to close the bug, if you wish.

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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote :

I'll leave this opened, as this is already a problem. There is no need in have to remove the video-all metapackage. I think there are 2 options so solve this:

a) make video-all depend on either i810 or i810-modesetting.
b) make i810-modesetting provide i810 driver.

I don't know if any of those ir good, but I think Debian should do this first (if they have the same problem), to not merge another package.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting:
importance: Undecided → Low
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

fixed by this upload:

 xorg (1:7.2-0ubuntu10) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/xserver-xorg.postinst.in:
     - Move the special case of elographics after xresprobing, so we can
       check if PROBE_DUMP is empty, and only then use the special case.
       (LP: #89590)
   * debian/scripts/vars.*
     - add the intel and -modesetting drivers as a substitute for -i810.
       Taken from Debian. (LP: #80417)

Changed in xorg:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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