Re: [AMD/ATI graphics] Missing firmware not declared / kernel modules not included in initrd
Hi,
Am 14. Februar 2021 13:33:41 MEZ schrieb "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>:
>On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 12:53:01PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
>> Hallo Karl-Heinz,
>>
>> no surprise, that the problem is still there, because nothing has
>been done
>> against it yet :-((
>>
>> There has been a lot of discussion in some mailinglist on this topic,
>however
>> there seems to be not much interest in the installer-team apparently,
>to do some
>> changing (or maybe with other words: lack of manpower prevents the
>team from
>> fixing this).
>>
>> I sent a proposal to debian-boot for this, but got no answer (neither
>positiv
>> nor negativ) ...
>>
>The problem may be that you need to install firmware-amd-graphics which
>isn't
>on the boot media.
The point is, it's even worse:
Even if you use the unofficial images which have the
firmware included on the boot media, it does not
get installed!!!
>If you can boot into rescue mode / a text only mode
>by
>moving to a different console (or by using ssh to log in from another
>machine)
>install that package.
>
>This is so for most modern cards from AMD. I hit this the other day
>when upgrading a machine and replacing a graphics card.
>
>If you do a text mode expert install - which I would recommend in the
>event of graphics card problems as a fail-safe - then at the point at
>which there is a prompt for additional firmware, you can insert it
>then.
No, that does not work. See above.
The rational is quoted in my first mail from today.
Holger
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