Am 25. April 2021 09:48:20 MESZ schrieb Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@debian.org>: >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?
For this (old) hardware: yes, seems so. However, we have several user reports, that not installed firmware leads to problems like black or garbled screen. Holger Hi, -- Sent from /e/ OS on Fairphone3
