Re: Question: install Wheezy to some laptops (radeon video) _without any effort_
On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 22:03:55 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote:
> I want you to ask help for Wheezy installation for some laptops, like
> my Thinkpad x121e (note: it's not for me but for other future users).
>
> It has radeon video and it causes problem, and it can be fixed as note
> in Debian Wiki(*)
>
> *) http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X121e%28AMD%29/wheezy
>
> >Important Note
> >
> > The radeondrmfb module may crash the display if firmware-linux-nonfree
> > is not installed. You can try booting single-user (a.k.a. rescue) mode
> > to install it. If that does not work add "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel
> > parameters.
>
> Yes, we can avoid this situation by adding kernel parameter, but it's
> bit difficult for average users, and when they'll try it, they cannot
> find this information with any search engines, probably.
Kernel parameters can be added in
/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=
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