"Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules on Realtime kernel" is missing components

[Peter L Jones]

Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-9-rt

I'm assuming this is a "known" but I couldn't find any info on where progress (if any!) is being tracked.

The description for the package reads (as in Feisty):
> Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules on Realtime kernel
> This package provides restricted modules for Linux version 2.6.22 on
> Realtime kernel.
> Currently the following modules are included:
> - madwifi (Atheros)
> - fglrx (ATI)
> - nvidia
> - fcdsl, fcdsl2, fcdslsl, fcdslslusb, fcdslusb, fcdslusb2, fcdslusba,
> fcpci, fcusb, fxusb (AVM ISDN)
> - ltmodem (Winmodem)
>
> These modules are "restricted" because they are not available under a
> completely Free licence.

However, the fglrx and nvidia drivers are not present. (I'm guessing they break rt.) Looks like there might be some extra drivers, too?

[Greg Toombs (greg-toombs)]

Looks like the madwifi is missing and/or broken, too, but I think I'll submit a separate bug report for this.

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

The fglrx driver used to work in feisty with the -lowlatency kernel flavor. The -rt flavor is perhaps better than the -lowlatency one but at least it offered better compatibility with non-free drivers. Could it be resurrected ?

[laga (laga)]

Hello,

I'm affected by this bug as well. I installed the -rt kernel as well as the matching l-r-m package only to find out that the nvidia driver is *not* included, although the description says it is. I hope this can be fixed.

[laga (laga)]

I've just build nvidia-new-kernel-source using m-a on 2.6.22-11-rt. It's working and it even survived a few minutes of gaming so far.

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

The problem is partially fixed at least for nvidia and fglrx thanks to this upload:

linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (2.6.22.4-12.1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * ABI bump for -12
  * Upgrade nvidia-new driver to 100.14.19
  * Default to nvidia-new
  * Add patch to allow fglrx to compile with xen/rt flavours
  * Enable nvidia/fglrx on xen/rt flavours

 -- Ben Collins <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:00:05 -0400