Bug#695403: marked as done (installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection)
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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection
- From: Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:03:59 +0000
- Message-id: <20121207190359.GA7436@desktop>
Package: installation-guide
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i patch
The attached patch is a tentative attempt to answer the concerns
raised and discussed in #694777.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694777
Regards,
Brian.
--- manual/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml 2012-12-07 11:41:10.000000000 +0000
+++ manual/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware_dmesg.xml 2012-12-07 13:14:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@
device will also function without it, or if the device is not needed during
the installation.
+</para><para>
+
+The routines used to detect missing firmware can only be of help for
+modules loaded after &d-i; has started. This implies that the
+capabilities of some devices, the graphics card, for example, are no
+different at the end of the installation from what they were at the
+beginning and may mean some of your hardware is not being used to its
+full potential. If you suspect this is the case, or are just curious, it
+is not a bad idea to check the output of the <command>dmesg</command>
+command on the newly booted system and search for "firmware", "missing",
+"unable" or "fail".
+
</para>
<sect2><title>Preparing a medium</title>
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Source: installation-guide
Source-Version: 20130208
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
installation-guide, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 695403@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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[ Brian Potkin ]
* Remove references to businesscard images, which are no more.
* Document how to get back from help to menu.
* Improve documentation about kernel modules needing firmwares, including
how to look for “firmware” in dmesg's output. Closes: #695403.
* Improve documentation about user accounts: move it to the right place
and explain how setting an empty root password leads to sudo being
installed. Closes: #692314.
* Explain how to include firmware or packages on a USB stick built by hand.
* Explain one can use a USB stick while having booted another
way. Closes: #692309.
.
[ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
* Fix typo in network configuration preseed example snipped
Closes: #691164
.
[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Update lowmem, disk usage, package numbers, lists number values.
* Fix po detection.
* Fix bogus URLs, thanks Brian Potkin for the hint. Closes: #692310.
* Document speakup shortcuts for speed and volume.
* Add wiki URL for installed system accessibility.
* Provide more details on software speech synthesis support.
.
[ Holger Wansing ]
* Fix location of UTC vs local timezone configuration. Closes: #699297.
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