i915 modesetting doesn't load with i915.modeset=1

[Chris Wilson]

On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:49:39 -0500, sean darcy <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fedora 17:
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.12.4-1.fc17.x86_64
> xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.15-1.fc17.x86_64
> kernel-3.6.9-2.fc17.x86_64
> 
> Xorg.0.log:
> Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.6.9-2.fc17.x86_64 
> root=UUID=b3210043-6e26-4717-970e-645a433d8b5e ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 
> rd.dm=0 i915.modeset=1 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us rd.luks=0 
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> .......
> [    39.972] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
> [    39.989] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
> [    39.989] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
> [    39.989] (II) Unloading modesetting
> [    39.989] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not 
> exist, 0)
> ..........
> 
> Is there really a module "modesetting"? Isn't it an aspect of the 
> driver? And doesn't the kernel parameter turn it "on"?

'modesetting' here refers to xf86-video-modesetting which is the minimal
driver to enable X to run on top of a KMS device. Similar in nature to
vesa (and fbdev), it is unaccelerated but allows the full range of video
modes exposed by the device.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre