On 24/04/21 at 23:27 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Results: > > Installing Buster (with GNOME DE) lead to a system failing to start X, > system hangs on the console, latest entry is "Starting GNOME Display Manager". > The needed firmware package (firmware-amd-graphics) was NOT installed. > Installing it makes GNOME UI start fine. > > Installation of Bullseye was basically the same (installation completed > successfully, amd firmware package was NOT installed). > The difference: there was a small delay while starting up (~ 10 sec.), but > after that X and GNOME were starting fine. > > So, on this hardware and with 'radeon' kernel module, everything would be > fine for Bullseye. No need for further action. > (I can deliver installation logs or whatever information, if needed, feel > free to ask.) > However, it's somewhat older hardware with 'radeon' module. > Thus it does not stand for the "amdgpu firmware problem", I fear.
I don't understand: does this mean that the issue that you reported in https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/12/msg00026.html can be considered fixed? And that the situation improved between buster and bullseye? Lucas
