Ludovic Bellière said on Sun, 28 Mar 2021 07:50:52 +0200

>Hi Steve,
>
>It's most likely a debian issue. And to be more precise, a Xorg that
>may not be up to date. I would advise you to check devuan's Xorg
>version and check if the firmware of your laptop is talked about on the
>internet. Ubuntu likely uses a more recent version of Xorg than debian,
>or any other library that enable discovery of your display.
>
>All in all, a display doesn't seem to have to do anything with init
>freedom. Would it?

Can't rule out systemd, because it's A LOT more than just an init.

SteveT

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