On 2023-04-28 21:30 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > # inxi -Gxx > Graphics: > Device-1: Intel 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 > v: kernel arch: Gen-4 ports: active: DVI-D-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 > chip-ID: 8086:2992 # aka ancient > # grep MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf > # MODULES: [ most | netboot | dep | list ] > MODULES=dep > # > > These many per transaction $SUBJECT initrd construction messages have been > routine > for a long time in Bullseye and Bookworm regardless of active GPU installed, > and > whether or not a firmware-brand-graphics .deb exists and is installed > for it.
It would be useful to give an example of these messages, as well as a list of firmware packages you have installed. > Is there something that can be done to avoid this screen and log > litter? Install the package that contains the firmware files. For Intel and NVidia graphics that is firmware-misc-nonfree, for AMD it is firmware-amd-graphics. > Can anyone > point to an existing meta-bug report on the subject of stopping the litter? > Searching seems to find only reports pointing to particular GPUs, e.g. > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1016286 It's the same for any GPUs, as well as for other hardware. The update-initramfs script runs modinfo(8) to find out which firmware files a loaded module might request and issues a warning for any such file which is not there. You can check the code for yourself[1]. Cheers, Sven 1. https://sources.debian.org/src/initramfs-tools/0.142/hook-functions/#L109
