On Fri, February 22, 2019 8:11 am, Dan Ritter wrote: > Sam Varghese wrote:
>> I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my >> concern. > > I haven't seen any while running Stretch or later. >> I presume that the built-in graphics system can be disabled from the >> BIOS >> (or UEFI) and a stock standard graphics card used instead. Would I be >> correct in assuming that? > For desktops, yes. My son is using a Ryzen 2300U laptop, and the > stretch-backports amdgpu X11 system works well for him. His last > remaining issue is that the touchscreen isn't working, which is > not a Ryzen issue. > > Ryzen (and ThreadRipper)_chips without a G or U suffix have no > built-in graphics anyway, so it's not an issue unless you're > buying one of those. Thanks a lot for your input, Dan. Much appreciated. Sam
