On 25/04/21 at 10:26 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> wrote (Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:08:32 +0200): > > >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. > > To be more clear: > > The main point of my report at > https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/12/msg00026.html ist: > the installer is - per design - unable to detect, that the hardware needs > firmware to be installed. > > And this situation did not change! > > The bullseye installation yesterday did not install the firmware package. > > What seems to have changed is: > GNOME seems to work (at least on this hardware !!!), even without the > firmware > installed. > > (Also: Look at the other reports I quoted in my mail above for more user > cases.)
But aren't all those other reports from either the buster installer, or from installers for releases before buster? Lucas
