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On Fri, 2017-02-17 at 19:14 +0100, Michael Siemmeister wrote:
[...]
> Last week I tried to install Debian in a virtual-box. Currently I use
> Debian 8.7 for running the virtual-box program. I managed to install
> Debian stable without any problems. Then I cloned the virtual-box and
> tried an upgrade to Debian-testing. I think, it worked. After a while
> I shut down the virtual-machine. When trying to reboot, it did not
> start properly. I just got some messages like 'Created slice User
> Slice of Debian-gdm.', 'Starting User Manager ofr UID 117.', and
> finally 'Started Daily apt activities.'. Then the virtual display just
> starts blinking. Nothing else happens. After three minutes or so the
> display freezes.
It seems that the X or Wayland server is not starting because something
is wrong with a graphics driver. gdm will try to start it several
times before giving up. This can cause the blinking that you see. Try
switching to another VT (e.g. press Alt-F2). You should get a text
login prompt that you can use to start a shell.
You should be able to find some information about what went wrong with
this command:
sudo grep gdm /var/log/messages
I hope you can work out how to copy that text into a file and then an
email; if not then ask about this on debian-user.
[...]
> Nevertheless, as written in my first mail, I got problems with
> installing Debian-Testing on my old Toshiba laptop. I just checked the
> model number. It's a Toshiba Satellite P300-1BB. Model No.:
> PSPCCE-01K001GR. Debian-Stable Jessie 8.5 worked fine without any
> problems during the installation. So I think the hardware is okay.
>
> I tried to install Debian-Testing on this laptop directly to the
> harddisk without virtualbox. During the installation there were no
> problems. But after the first boot, I keep getting these messages:
>
> [drm:radeon_pci_probe [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for
> R600 or later requires firmware-amd-graphics.
> kvm: disabled by bios
>
> Then the display starts blinking and nothing else happens.
[...]
You need to log in (as explained above), enable non-free packages (see
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList), and install the firmware-amd-
graphics package. Then you should probably reboot.
Alternately, reinstall using an installer built with non-free firmware
included:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
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