/dev/dri devices are absent after recent update (intel card)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libdrm (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Up to date Kubuntu Karmic is in use. After recent night ad day updates (with that big noise around upstart) /dev/dri devices are no longer found at X boot. X11 log fragment:
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(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card3
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card4
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card5
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card6
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card7
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card8
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card9
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card10
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card11
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card12
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card13
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card14
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card3
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card4
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card5
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card6
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card7
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card8
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card9
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card10
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card11
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card12
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card13
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card14
(EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or directory
(EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master.
(**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965G
(--) intel(0): Chipset: "965G"
(--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xFFA00000 size 1048576
...
It seems like a workaround is to reinstall drm-related packages. The same reinstallation has (shortly, at some moment) helped during long fight with that massive upstart-and-around updates. Have no an idea which concrete package update is a cause of the issue.