qxl should be in linux-modules, and not just linux-modules-extra

[Andreas Hasenack]

The qxl kernel module is present in linux-modules-extra, which is not installed by default using cloud images.

The scenario that breaks is if you want to have an ubuntu desktop in a VM. Since we don't have a desktop image, you start by deploying the normal image, and then install the ubuntu-desktop metapackage. But without the qxl module, and given that our libvirt/qemu VM defaults to using qxl for its graphics device, the desktop will fail to come up. You just get a blinking cursor, no gdm.

Perhaps there is another way to get this experience working out of the box, though. Perhaps something with dependencies and virtual provides, I'm unsure. Or there is another way to deploy an ubuntu desktop in a VM.

I'm also unsure when this stopped working. Maybe qxl was in linux-modules before, or maybe we started defaulting to that graphics device at some later point in time, and qxl was never in linux-modules to begin with.

$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko
linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-20-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-20-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 2016005

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

There is no need for logs for this issue, so setting the bug back to "confirmed".