[PATCH] Xorg modalias dump

[Nathaniel McCallum]

Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-09-07 at 02:13 -0400, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
>
>   
>> There are still some problems though (and I'd appreciate any advise on 
>> how to solve them):
>> 1. It crashes when the ati "umbrella" driver is installed, I'm not sure 
>> why...
>>     
>
> Adding this hunk makes it work for me:
>
> --- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
> @@ -1486,6 +1486,8 @@ xf86MatchDevice(const char *drivername, GDevPtr **sectlist)
>      if (sectlist)
>         *sectlist = NULL;
>
> +    if (xf86DoModalias) return 0;
> +
>      if (xf86DoProbe) return 1;
>
>      if (xf86DoConfigure && xf86DoConfigurePass1) return 1;
>
>   
Great, I'll add that to the patch.
>> 2. It seems to want to initialize the display (or something).  Could 
>> someone help me move this option to earlier in the Xorg start-up process 
>> so we don't have to mess with peoples' displays?
>>     
>
> Admittedly I tested this on a headless machine, so I'm not sure what
> you're talking about here.  Possibly the initial vt switch?
>   
Yes, I think it is the initial vt switch.  Any way to bypass that 
implicitly when -modalias is used?

Nathaniel