Bug#1034041: Should firmware-amd-graphics be automatically installed?
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> writes:
> Ferenc Wágner <wferi@niif.hu> (2023-05-22):
>> Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> writes:
>> > Which installer did you use?
>>
>> Its lsb-release says:
>>
>> DISTRIB_ID=Debian
>> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
>> DISTRIB_RELEASE="12 (bookworm) - installer build 20230401"
>> X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=netboot
>>
>> so it must have been bookworm RC 1. The date was 22nd of April. I
>> started the kernel+initrd.gz from GRUB.
>
> In other words you were also using netboot.
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware should have
> details about how to deal with firmware when netbooting. It's been there
> since ~ forever, and has been updated for Bookworm.
Thanks for the pointer. Are you implying that if some firmware isn't
loaded during installation, it isn't expected to be present on the
installed system either? If so, then it worked for me as intended.
(Actually, my Ethernet driver also tries to load some Realtek firmware,
but apparenetly works just fine without it, so I only installed it later
to reduce warnings from update-initramfs. The graphics firmware was a
must for desktop usage, though.)
--
Thanks,
Feri.
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