Control: tag -1 moreinfo 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. -- Ben Hutchings Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
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