Xorg doesn't start and some other issues with the RC1 of kernel 6.10
Michael Ellerman
mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu May 30 22:51:56 AEST 2024
Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de> writes:
> On 28.05.24 22:00, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Xorg doesn't start anymore since the RC1 of kernel 6.10. We tested it
>> with the VirtIO GPU and with some Radeon cards.
>>
>> Another error message: Failed to start Setup Virtual Console.
>>
>> Maybe this is the issue: + CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KERNEL_FPU_SUPPORT=y
>>
>> Tested with FSL P5040, FSL P5020, and PASEMI boards.
>>
>> Could you please test Xorg on your PowerPC machines?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Christian
> I tested the RC1 in a virtual e5500 QEMU PowerPC machine with Bochs VGA
> (-device VGA,vgamem_mb=256) and Xorg doesn't start either.
>
> Error message: xf86OpenConsole: KDSETMODE KD_GRAPHICS failed
> Inappropriate ioctl for device.
That is presumably because of this:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/0da9785e-ba44-4718-9d08-4e96c1ba7ab2@kernel.org/
cheers
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