[Bug 836782] New: Prefer udl.ko (modesetting) driver over udlfb.ko
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836782 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836782#c0 Summary: Prefer udl.ko (modesetting) driver over udlfb.ko Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 13.1 Milestone 4 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0 Currently there are two drivers for the Displaylink USB GPUs. Although both work, only the udl.ko allows usage as an XRandR 1.4 output provider. Using the udl.ko it is possible extend the current desktop to the output provided by the Displaylink adapter, which is found in many current USB "dockingstations". Please blacklist the udlfb kernel module. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Plugin displaylink based USB dockingstation 2. $> xrandr --listproviders Actual Results: only main GPU shown: Providers: number : 1 Provider 0: id: 0x54 cap: 0xd, Source Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 2 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:radeon Expected Results: Second provider should be available as Sink Output. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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