Re: Gigabyte mother board AMD cpu
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:03:01 +0200
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mi, 26 mar 14, 10:25:08, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote:
> >
> > I have no idea which mobos Debian handles out of the box, but what
> > I've observed is that life is much nicer if:
> >
> > * You do the network install
>
> Irrelevant, the kernel is the same.
>
> > * Choose Expert install or whatever it's called
>
> Irrelevant, the kernel is the same.
>
> > * Say yes (default is no) to "install nonfree software
>
> This activates the non-free repository.
>
> > When I do that, stuff just works.
>
> It might be that the installer also installs firmware-linux-nonfree,
> which contains a lot of firmware, especially for Radeon video cards.
> This however still wouldn't explain why "stuff" (which stuff?) just
> works.
>
> Would you please be so kind to provide some facts to your theory,
> like package lists from installs with and without your method?
No. Dan asked for any tips. He didn't ask for package lists or other
time consuming stuff, which I wouldn't have had time for. He asked
literally "Anything else", so I gave him anecdotes, quite clearly
labeling them as such. He may or may not find them helpful. If not,
he's free to ignore my anecdotes, just like everyone else on the list.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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