From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Return-Path: Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com ([74.125.82.182]:43360 "EHLO mail-we0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752037Ab3CQRx1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:53:27 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id t57so4337012wey.13 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:53:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:53:21 +0100 From: =?utf-8?B?Q2FtYWxlw7Nu?= To: backports@vger.kernel.org Subject: Debian Wheezy: intel driver conflicts with compat-drivers Message-ID: <20130317175321.GA5732@stt008.linux.site> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, After compiling the compat-drivers (thanks to this mailing list support) I was unable to load the generated kernel module. It failed with a succinct message: *** ERROR: could not insert 'alx': Exec format error *** But dmesg showed more: *** compat: exports duplicate symbol i2c_bit_algo (owned by i2c_algo_bit) *** After restartig the system, gnome-shell crashed because Xorg loaded the VESA driver. I did not join the points until I found a related bug report at Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703142#51 And then was "pointed" to ask you :-) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703142#71 True is that I was able to compile and load "compat-drivers" with no problems at all from another system with no Intel card on it, so here I am. Is is a known problem? Is there a workaround for Intel VGA-based systems? Greetings, -- Camaleón