Re: [AMD/ATI graphics] Missing firmware not declared / kernel modules not included in initrd
On 25/04/21 at 10:26 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> wrote (Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:08:32 +0200):
> > >I don't understand:
> > >does this mean that the issue that you reported in
> > >https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/12/msg00026.html can be
> > >considered fixed? And that the situation improved between buster and
> > >bullseye?
> >
> > For this (old) hardware: yes, seems so.
> >
> > However, we have several user reports, that not installed firmware leads to problems
> > like black or garbled screen.
>
> To be more clear:
>
> The main point of my report at
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/12/msg00026.html ist:
> the installer is - per design - unable to detect, that the hardware needs
> firmware to be installed.
>
> And this situation did not change!
>
> The bullseye installation yesterday did not install the firmware package.
>
> What seems to have changed is:
> GNOME seems to work (at least on this hardware !!!), even without the firmware
> installed.
>
> (Also: Look at the other reports I quoted in my mail above for more user cases.)
But aren't all those other reports from either the buster installer, or
from installers for releases before buster?
Lucas
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