Bug#659463: Not work GPU acceleration on AMD Radeon HD6570

[Гаврилов Михаил Витальевич <m.gavrilov@citrus-it.ru>]

On Пн., 2012-02-13 at 07:08 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> 
> What documentation did you use
> when installing and can you imagine a relevant place that a note about
> the need for firmware would be useful?  What documentation did you use
> after installation to track down problems e.g. with GNOME Shell and
> can you imagine a relevant documentation improvement there?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Jonathan


I've been using Debian for a long time, with the Geforce GT 8800 and
Radeon HD 4200 graphics cards, and installed their proprietary driver
fglrx and nvidia-glx. Never package firmware-linux-nonfree is not
required, the acceleration is always switched on at once.

Now, as one would avoid such issues:

1) Install firmware-linux-nonfree automatically with Debian installer if
it required.

2) If the boot was interrupted, and Debian output red letters on a black
background:  "that the GPU should install firmware-linux-nonfree
package, then <enter> to continue". The same message can be duplicated
in the GNOME environment but in a graphical form, and immediately offer
to install it would have been much easier.

Thanks.