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Message #87507
[Bug 1209008] Re: [SRU] X doesn't work for video cards with non-KMS drivers on non-seat0 seats
Hello Richard, or anyone else affected,
Accepted xorg-server into trusty-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-
server/2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
advance!
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
** Tags added: verification-needed
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Title:
[SRU] X doesn't work for video cards with non-KMS drivers on non-seat0
seats
Status in X.Org X server:
Fix Released
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in xorg-server source package in Trusty:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
[Impact]
* In Xorg-server versions older than 1.16, if Xorg is started as a
non-seat0 X server (i.e. if it was started with "-seat XXXX" option
where "XXXX" != "seat0"), it only probes platform bus for graphics
devices, leaving devices with non-KMS drivers (like NVIDIA proprietary
drivers and old ones like xf86-video-siliconmotion) unreachable.
Patch "xfree86_allow_fallback_to_pci_bus_probe_for_non_seat0.patch"
from lp:~ubuntu-multiseat/xorg-server/trusty-matchseat fixes this.
* systemd-logind has no intrinsic mechanism to assign non-KMS graphics
devices to seats. In this case, one should tag another seat device
(keyboard, USB hub, etc.) in udev as "master-of-seat", and provide a
suitable xorg.conf for that seat. In order to avoid that a given
xorg.conf affects other seats, it should be passed to Xorg via
"-config xorg.conf.custom" option, which requires X server command
line customization support in DM in use (GDM, for example, has no such
support).
Patch "xfree86_add_matchseat_key_to_xorg_conf.patch" from lp:~ubuntu-
multiseat/xorg-server/trusty-matchseat introduces a new MatchSeat key
for xorg.conf sections "Device", "Screen", and "ServerLayout", which
will target a given seat only. Example file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-seat-1.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
# This section will only apply for seat-1
MatchSeat "seat-1"
EndSection
* systemd-logind can't handle any VT switching for non-seat0 seats,
but Xorg-server older than 1.16 still opens VT even if it's started as
a non-seat0 X server. This may lead to a race condition between X
servers: if a non-seat0 one is started before a seat0 one, the former
"steals" VTs from the later. If a seat0 X server can't open VTs,
systemd-logind can't activate sessions for seat0, leaving user without
sound or usb input support, for example.
Patch "xfree86_keep_non_seat0_from_touching_vts.patch" from lp
:~ubuntu-multiseat/xorg-server/trusty-matchseat fixes this.
[Test Case]
* Set up a multiseat system where your non-seat0 seats use non-KMS
video drivers (you may need to tag another device in udev as "master-
of-seat" in order to achieve it).
* When LightDM/GDM tries to start a Xorg server for your non-seat0
seats, it will end up with the following error: "(EE) No devices
found".
* After applying
xfree86_allow_fallback_to_pci_bus_probe_for_non_seat0.patch, you can
configure your seats in LightDM by setting appropriate "xserver-
config" properties for each seat. However, you can't configure them in
GDM.
* After applying xfree86_add_matchseat_key_to_xorg_conf.patch,
configure your seats properly and restart LightDM/GDM services (or
reboot your computer) repeatedly. In some iterations, it may happen
that logind can't activate graphical sessions for seat0. If it occurs,
check output of command "ps -FC Xorg" and you'll see that a non-seat0
Xorg server has a lower PID than seat0 one. Moreover, the non-seat0
has opened a TTY, while the seat0 hasn't.
[Regression Potential]
* Very low. All these patches were well tested in xorg-server "trusty"
package available in ppa:ubuntu-multiseat/ppa.
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