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-rw-r--r--libdrm/xf86drm.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libdrm/xf86drm.c b/libdrm/xf86drm.c
index 8b97c7da9..3b66c19a8 100644
--- a/libdrm/xf86drm.c
+++ b/libdrm/xf86drm.c
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ static int drmOpenByName(const char *name)
group = xf86ConfigDRI.group ? xf86ConfigDRI.group : DRM_DEV_GID;
#endif
+#if defined(XFree86Server)
+ if (!drmAvailable()) {
+ /* try to load the kernel module now */
+ if (!xf86LoadKernelModule(name)) {
+ ErrorF("[drm] failed to load kernel module \"%s\"\n",
+ name);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+#else
+ if (!drmAvailable())
+ return -1;
+#endif
+
if (!geteuid()) {
dirmode = mode;
if (dirmode & S_IRUSR) dirmode |= S_IXUSR;