Thanks for that Bob, you've put my mind at rest. I'd installed ' firmware-linux-nonfree' earlier on in the month and saw similar messages then, and at that time i got locked out of my box, so had to learn quickly how to get back in. I made a note in 'evernote' on my mobile for it so that it was always to hand. I was envisaging having to use it again! :)
Thanks again Sharon. On 28 March 2013 20:47, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > Tonights spot of upgrades [dmsetup libdevmapper-event1.02.1 > > libdevmapper1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2 libxdo2 xdotool ] has posed a > > particular problem for me. I noticed in the setting up of them these > > lines ..... W: Possible missing firmware > > /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169 ... about 8 of > > them all saying more or less the same. > > That is for the Realtek network card. Those will be in the > firmware-realtek packaage. It isn't related to the graphics card. > > > I've been told that I should install 'firmware-linux-nonfree' but > > from past experience with this graphics card I will end up with a > > 'paisley patterned 'desktop which will be unusable. > > Not good. I know that firmware-linux-nonfree is needed for several of > the AMD graphics drivers. The drm subsystem is not happy without it. > > > Equally well, If I don't do something then the machine will just > > hang the next time it is rebooted. My graphics card is '00:01.0 VGA > > compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device > > 9645'. > > For the above message concerning the rtl8168f-2.fw it is very likely > that you won't notice a problem if you do not have the firmware blob > installed. I think you can safely ignore it. However I don't know > what is in that blob. And that is the problem. No one knows what is > in the blob. It is definitely not related to your graphics driver. > > Bob > -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian Wheezy, LXDE 2 LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 Registered Linux user 334501
