On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:28:42 +0100, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: >On Sun, 2021-01-17 at 11:31 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:58:33 +0000, "Andrew M.A. Cater" >> <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: >> > Video drivers: we have some basic video modes that work for text mode on >> > nearly all cards / embedded chipsets. Other than that, almost everything >> > requires a non-free driver. AMD/Intel/Nvidia are all, in their own ways, >> > equally bad. Video chipsets change fairly frequently: invariably, newest >> > laptops are always a pain. >> >> I have not needed a single non-free video driver since I ditched the >> nVidia Accident that I bought in 2008 to have dual DVI output. >> >> The only non-free thing I _need_ is network/wifi firmware and >> microcode. I do not even know whethre my video cards require firmware >> downloads to work. > >Any recent GPU from AMD, Intel, or Nvidia wants non-free firmware. For >AMD hardware the amdgpu driver absolutely requires it; the others might >be semi-functional without.
Ah, yes, right. That one came in invisibly because I had to enable non-free anyway for the Network. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
