On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:40 AM, John Anderson <j...@janderson.org.uk> wrote:

> On 05/12/12 07:24, Leonid Korostyshevski uttered these pearls of wisdom::
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:14 PM, John Anderson <j...@janderson.org.uk
> > <mailto:j...@janderson.org.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 04/12/12 13:48, Leonid Korostyshevski uttered these pearls of
> >     wisdom::
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     Leonid Korostyshevski <korostyshevski.deb <at> gmail.com
> >     <http://gmail.com>
> >     >     <http://gmail.com>> writes:
> >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Bob <spam <at> homeurl.co.uk
> >     <http://homeurl.co.uk>
> >     >     <http://homeurl.co.uk>> wrote:
> >     >     > On 02/01/2012 03:48 PM, Leonid Korostyshevski wrote:
> >     >     > Hello, list!
> >     >     > Have installed Wheezy weekly build 30-01-2012 but cannot log
> >     into a
> >     >     > fresh system: there is just a noise on a screen instead of a
> >     logon
> >     >     > screen. Cannot escape to text console, Ctrl+Alt+F1...Fn does
> not
> >     >     works.
> >     >     > Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr+B works, though. Also, IMHO it is a good
> idea to
> >     >     enable
> >     >     > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace for "testing" distro.
> >     >     > Not sure about "recovery" mode naming as a GRUB2 entry. It
> leads
> >     >     to the
> >     >     > same noise on screen, not to safe plain VGA CLI environment,
> >     as it
> >     >     > suppose to be IMHO. "Testing" shouldn't be "stuck with" IMHO
> :0)
> >     >     > Hardware in use - netbook on AMD Brazos (C-60 + ATI 6250). No
> >     >     'lspci' at
> >     >     > the moment, sorry. During installation process, 3.1.x.-486
> >     kernel was
> >     >     > chosen.
> >     >     > Would you, please, to give an advice how to override Xorg
> fault?
> >     >     > Thanks a lot!
> >     >     > LK
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Hello, list!
> >     >
> >     > After ten month of awaiting, recently have tried to install Wheezy
> >     again
> >     > at Acer Aspire One 522 netbook. This time, lspci output is here,
> took
> >     > from LiveCD Kubuntu 12.10.
> >     >
> >     > $ sudo lspci -knn
> >     > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h
> >     > Processor Root Complex [1022:1510]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     > 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices
> [AMD]
> >     > nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6290] [1002:9807]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: radeon
> >     >         Kernel modules: radeon
> >     > 00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310] [1002:1314]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> >     >         Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
> >     > 00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee
> ATI
> >     > SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: ahci
> >     > 00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
> >     > 00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
> >     > 00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
> >     > 00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
> >     > 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00
> SMBus
> >     > Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
> >     >         Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4
> >     > 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     SBx00
> >     > Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> >     >         Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
> >     > 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     > 00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SBx00
> >     > PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
> >     > 00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> >     > SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43a0]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
> >     >         Kernel modules: shpchp
> >     > 00:15.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB900
> >     > PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1002:43a2]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
> >     >         Kernel modules: shpchp
> >     > 00:15.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB900
> >     > PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1002:43a3]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
> >     >         Kernel modules: shpchp
> >     > 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
> >     > 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
> >     > 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
> >     > 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: k10temp
> >     >         Kernel modules: k10temp
> >     > 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
> >     > 00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
> >     > 00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
> >     > 00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
> >     12h/14h
> >     > Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
> >     > 06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc.
> AR8152
> >     > v2.0 Fast Ethernet [1969:2062] (rev c1)
> >     >         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0543]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: atl1c
> >     >         Kernel modules: atl1c
> >     > 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc.
> AR9285
> >     > Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
> >     >         Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device [11ad:6631]
> >     >         Kernel driver in use: ath9k
> >     >         Kernel modules: ath9k
> >     >
> >     > Wheezy have performed a good install without problems (kde4 flavor,
> >     > graphic expert mode, network installation through wpa2 wifi) but
> after
> >     > restart there is the same picture as a ten months earlier. You may
> see
> >     > two attached shots of a netbook screen.
> >     > Probably, the failure may be fixed by a conf file editing, or
> >     something,
> >     > but the “recovery mode” is demonstrating almost the same picture
> as a
> >     > “normal” mode. And at the same time, as mentioned above, the
> install
> >     > itself was made through a “graphic install”. lspci from running
> >     Kubuntu
> >     > 12.10 fairly demonstrate 'radeon' driver, which is working with
> >     APU C-60
> >     > AMD ATI 6590 well, both in “live” and “permanent install” modes.
> >     > Rusty English is a bad of mine, so I consider my misunderstanding
> >     of the
> >     > words “recovery mode” in Wheezy boot menu as a lost in translation.
> >     >
> >     > Also, have tried Wheezy livecd (from here:
> >     >
> http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/current-next/amd64/iso-hybrid/)
> >     > with the same “noisy screen effect” after boot.
> >     > At the same time, CrunchBang Waldorf is running fine in the live
> mode.
> >     > It is Wheezy-based, right?
> >     >
> >     > If somebody may give an advice, how to fix my AMD ATI APU problem,
> >     > please? I have tried to use Debian bug tracking system to report a
> bug
> >     > but have not succeeded yet in ecosystem understanding.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks in advance!
> >     > LK
> >
> >     My similar problem was solved by enabling the non-free repository and
> >     installing the "firmware-linux-nonfree". I think your graphic chip
> needs
> >     this same firmware to function.
> >
> >     Regards
> >     John Anderson
> >
> >     --
> >     Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift -
> that
> >     is why it is called the present
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the answer!
> >
> > Is there a "howto" which describes a process of installing something
> > into a system, which is installed already? I know how to modify a
> > sources.list but that's it.
> >
> > WBR,
> > LK
>
>  Start your system in rescue mode using the install cd, you should then
> be able to get access to a console.
>
> 1. Modify /etc/apt/sources.list by appending "non-free", similar to:-
> deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free.
>
> 2. apt-get update
>
> 3. apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
>
> 4. reboot
>
> Regards
> John Anderson
> --
> Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift - that
> is why it is called the present
>
>
>
Thanks a lot, your advice helps! I am into Wheezy now. Driver in use is
"radeon".
Here is another problem - wifi is not working. I will start another thread
but that Debian trend does scare me a bit: graphic works during install -
but during a boot of a fresh system is not, I performed entire install
through wifi but after boot it is not works...

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