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Re: [bug report] Installing Kernel 3.2 breaks booting on HP DV6-6b92eg laptop



On Sun, 2012-07-22 at 21:02 +0200, Blaberian wrote:
> I have set up a pure base debian squeeze with no Desktop or even
> Laptop-packages (in an earlier attempt I installed those with the same
> result described further down).
> 
> 
> 
> Then I added the backports-address to the sources.list and aptitude
> installed the kernel 3.2.0 via
> 
> 
> "
> aptitude -t squeeze-backports install linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
> "
> 
> 
> The process updated initramfs-tools and linux-base.
> 
> 
> 
> When I then boot this kernel, it starts normally but as the booting
> process seems to be finished, it switches like an X11 is installed,
> although  it isn't, and hangs in a distorted bitmap-picture.
>
> Please correct the problem or help me work around this.

I think this laptop has an AMD graphics processor.  Most of these won't
work properly without firmware-linux-nonfree installed.  Do you have
that?

Ben.

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