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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/display_driver_helper | 9 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +- display_driver_helper: allow automatic loading of the implicit driver + on systems without xorg.conf if the presence of other files indicates + that this is not a live cd boot before automatic X.org configuration + (fixes radeon KMS without xorg.conf) + Version 0.97 - 14 May 2011 - update translations diff --git a/tools/display_driver_helper b/tools/display_driver_helper index 90ab102..8fe73f5 100644 --- a/tools/display_driver_helper +++ b/tools/display_driver_helper @@ -234,8 +234,13 @@ check_xorg() { # no driver is selected - don't load if explicit_only is 1 [ "$explicit_only" = "1" ] && return 1 - # implicit load allowed; still don't load if no xorg.conf (i.e. live cd) - [ -e "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ] + # implicit load allowed; only load if there is evidence that this is + # not a live cd or similar with automatic configuration occurring later + # in the boot process (which might configure a driver conflicting with + # the implicit driver, e.g. a proprietary one) + # TODO: Could this be replaced with a more robust check? + [ -e "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ] || [ -e "/etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/kernels" ] || + [ -e "/etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/xorg" ] || [ -e "/boot/grub/menu.lst" ] } # Load the driver for the specified modalias, if configured. |