Hallo Oliver,
And thanks for your report.
Oliver Psotta <oliver.psotta@posteo.de> (2021-06-17):
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot: [O ]
> Detect network card: [E ]
> Configure network: [O ]
> Detect media: [E ]
> Load installer modules: [E ]
> Clock/timezone setup: [O ]
> User/password setup: [O ]
> Detect hard drives: [O ]
> Partition hard drives: [O ]
> Install base system: [O ]
> Install tasks: [O ]
> Install boot loader: [O ]
> Overall install: [O ]
>
> Comments/Problems: Graphical Install did not find ethernet, because
> laptop is not equipped with it. But it did not try to search for
> wireless. Instead I was able to choose my wireless Realtek chip in
> ethernet window.
I do have some laptops around that I'm testing firmware-related issues
with, and I think I've noticed this (to be confirmed):
- on a laptop without wired Ethernet, I'm getting a prompt for the
wireless card and its firmware.
- when booting it with a USB→Ethernet adapter, I'm getting a prompt for
the (possibly missing but actually unimportant) firmware for the
USB→Ethernet adapter, but no mention of the wireless card or missing
firmware.
> It could not activate the supplied driver from 2nd USB drive. Mounting
> of 2nd USB drive was unreliable. Installation worked well after using
> USB-Ethernet adapter.
OK, that part I'm not familiar with, and I cannot really comment.
You could have used one of the unofficial/non-free images that come with
all firmware packages:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
> Installation process of install via ethernet worked well. Gnome
> desktop not useable on built in screen because resolution and
> brightness not changeable, no sound, no BT.
Alright, I'm currently chasing that kind of issues. You can double check
you're using a software-based rendering by installing the mesa-utils
package, running `glxinfo | grep renderer` should give you llvmpipe.
Wild guess, you're lacking:
- firmware-iwlwifi for bluetooth support (I do have a realtek wireless
card here, but the kernel complains about files that are shipped in
that package instead).
- firmware-amd-graphics for proper display support.
- firmware-sof-signed for sound support.
All those wouldn't have been solved by using the firmware-enabled images
because we're currently lacking some detection, but I'm working on this.
For users of official installation images (main-only), I'm wondering
whether to advertise something like this in the installation guide:
sudo apt install isenkram-cli
sudo isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
sudo reboot
Please note that due to #989884, one should install isenkram-cli from
unstable to make sure the firmware file to firmware package lookup
works.
More on such issues on #989863 and follow-up bug reports when I get a
chance to sum up my findings.
Tschüss,
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Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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