Bug#694777: Wheezy Beta4 installs but X server unusable
On Sat 01 Dec 2012 at 08:23:20 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Brian Potkin (claremont102@gmail.com):
> >
> > Didn't the installer ask for RV610_pfp.bin to be supplied?
>
>
> Logically, no. Firmware for video cards is none of the installer's
> business. Of coure, from the user point of view, all this is related,
> but from the logical organisation of packages, it is not. Unless I
> missed something somewhere (which is possible), we focus out
> firmware-related attention on network cards.
Thank you. I think I half-realised that, if only because the menu item
in the installer is "Detect network hardware".
Clarifying it for myself: D-I takes care of offering to install firmware
for network cards. The newly booted kernel takes care the remainder of
the hardware, including getting something displayed on the screen. The
user can then choose to install non-free firmware if she wishes to.
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