Re: Debian 10 Buster with Radeon FX 580
Esteban L composed on 2019-07-10 09:23 (UTC+0200):
> I installed Debian, but it boots to a blinking _ , otherwise dark screen.
> Best I can figure, I need the microcode firmware update for the system,
> since I saw a mention of that on the text (it was the first line, so
> hard to miss).
> What steps do I need to do to get my video to work? I will try safe mode
> next, I guess, see if that does anything.
Usually you can append nomodeset to the end of the linux line in the Grub menu
(via the E key to edit at runtime). It may or may not produce much difference
compared to safe mode. Nomodeset is typically only for making repair operations
possible. While using it, if X works at all, it will be slow and use a suboptimal
video mode. 'sudo apt install firmware-amdgpu' may be all you need to do during a
rescue boot in order to get competent video from your Radeon on next restart.
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