Re: Gigabyte mother board AMD cpu
On Thu 27 Mar 2014 at 05:59:27 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> On Wed, March 26, 2014 2:03 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Mi, 26 mar 14, 10:25:08, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote:
> >
> >> * 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.
>
> No, the firmware-linux-nonfree package has to be specifically called. It
> is not automatically installed. You will get advised that drivers included
> in it, e.g., the Tigon ones, are required, but you have to search for
> them, ascertain which package they are in, and specifically select that
> package for installation just as you do for any other non-free bundle.
It is possible you may want to revise your statement after reading
Section 6.4 of the Installation Guide. In particular:
If the firmware was loaded from a firmware package, debian-installer
will also install this package for the installed system and will
automatically add the non-free section of the package archive in APT's
sources.list. This has the advantage that the firmware should be
updated automatically if a new version becomes available.
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