As to the subject question, I cannot answer, however, see below:
Robert Pommrich composed on 2020-01-22 11:06 (UTC+0100):
> As documented in two bug [1] reports [2], the only working kernel for my
> system is 3.16.
> The system is running jessie stretch at the moment with the jessie stock
> kernel, which is 3.16.
> As I would like to upgrade to buster, I'd like to know:
> Is it possible to run buster with the jessie kernel? Are there perhaps
> dependencies of systemd or the like on a higher kernel version?
> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931331
> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=914517
The latter indicates you have [Radeon HD 8570D] [1002:990e] graphics.
I have Radeon HD 8570 (no D) running on Buster. My kernel cmdline includes the
following:
mitigations=auto consoleblank=0 plymouth.enable=0 radeon.si_support=0
amdgpu.si_support=1 vga=791 video=1440x900@60
I have these packages installed:
firmware-amd-graphics
firmware-linux-free
libdrm-amdgpu1
libdrm-radeon1
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
xserver-xorg-video-radeon
I have nothing in /etc/X11/xorg.con* relevant to graphics.
Additional data:
# inxi -GxxS
System: Host: big31 Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v:
8.3.0 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.7 tk: Qt 3.5.0
wm: Twin dm: startx Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Oland [Radeon HD 8570 /
R7 240/340 OEM] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:6611
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: ati,fbdev,vesa
resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz, 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon HD 8500 Series (OLAND DRM 3.27.0
4.19.0-6-amd64 LLVM 7.0.1) v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6
direct render: Yes
# xrandr | egrep 'onnect|creen|\*' | grep -v disconn | sort -r
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 2640, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-I-0 connected 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
519mm x 324mm
DisplayPort-0 connected primary 2560x1440+0+1200 (normal left inverted right x
axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm
2560x1440 59.95*+ 74.92
1920x1200 59.95*+
# lspci -v | grep -A16 8570
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland
[Radeon HD 8570 / R7 240/340 OEM] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Radeon R5 240 OEM
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at feac0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?>
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010
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Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [200] #15
Capabilities: [270] #19
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
HTH
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