Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-06 Thread David Wright
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 15:53:43 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 apr 21, 12:00:53, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 23:17:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 22:54:37 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I d

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 15:53:43 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 apr 21, 12:00:53, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 23:17:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 22:54:37 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > > On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 apr 21, 12:00:53, Brian wrote: > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 23:17:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 22:54:37 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > I did previously note the reiteration and acknowledge that video > >

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 23:17:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 22:54:37 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > > > > > I did previously note the reiteration and acknowledge that video > > > hardware could require non-free firmware. However, do

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-05 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 22:54:37 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > > > I did previously note the reiteration and acknowledge that video > > hardware could require non-free firmware. However, does a d-i carrying > > such firmware ever make any attempt to ins

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > I did previously note the reiteration and acknowledge that video > hardware could require non-free firmware. However, does a d-i carrying > such firmware ever make any attempt to install it? As I understand it, > the installer is designed to probe for a

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sat 27 Mar 2021 at 11:20:21 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 AM didier gaumet > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > The Debian installer in graphic mode seems to rely on a VESA/VGA driver > > rather than a driver dedicated to the hardware detected? > > on my laptop, I j

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 AM didier gaumet wrote: > Hello, > > The Debian installer in graphic mode seems to rely on a VESA/VGA driver > rather than a driver dedicated to the hardware detected? > on my laptop, I just booted an USB Debian 10 installer key and it was > the vga16fb module that w

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, The Debian installer in graphic mode seems to rely on a VESA/VGA driver rather than a driver dedicated to the hardware detected? on my laptop, I just booted an USB Debian 10 installer key and it was the vga16fb module that was loaded

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Felix Miata wrote: > Doug Windle composed on 2021-03-26 15:56 (UTC-0500): > > > The embedded VGA compatible controller is a Matrox G200eW3 102b:0536 rev 04 > > Was package xserver-xorg-video-mga installed before adding those repos? Your > onboard GPU is a special beast, an update of a very very

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread tomas
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:48:43AM +, Brian wrote: [..] > I did previously note the reiteration and acknowledge that video > hardware could require non-free firmware. However, does a d-i carrying > such firmware ever make any attempt to install it? As I understand it, > the installer is desig

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sat 27 Mar 2021 at 09:04:14 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:40:53PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 17:01:16 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 08:47:38PM +, Brian wrote: > > > > On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 15:22:01 -0400, Greg

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-27 Thread tomas
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:40:53PM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 17:01:16 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 08:47:38PM +, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 15:22:01 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > Issues with video chipset drivers/firmware are e

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Felix Miata
Doug Windle composed on 2021-03-26 15:56 (UTC-0500): > The embedded VGA compatible controller is a Matrox G200eW3 102b:0536 rev 04 > I updated the package sources configuration file is to use the > apt-add-repository command and added the non-free package for all sources > and it now works!! > a

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Brian
On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 17:01:16 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 08:47:38PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 15:22:01 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Issues with video chipset drivers/firmware are extremely common, > > > especially > > > if one installed with th

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 08:47:38PM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 15:22:01 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Issues with video chipset drivers/firmware are extremely common, especially > > if one installed with the "official" images, rather than the "unofficial" > > ones which contain no

RE: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Doug Windle
R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:36:08PM -0500, Doug Windle wrote: > The Dell R440 does not have GPU and it is using only the onboard > graphics to drive the display. That's good. It's probably an Intel chipset. Now, use lspci -nn and dmesg | gre

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Brian
On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 15:22:01 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:07:26PM -0500, Doug Windle wrote: > > I have new in box Dell R440 that I am trying to install Debian 10.7.0. The > > install process of Debian goes fine until after reboot. After the OS > > install and upon r

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:36:08PM -0500, Doug Windle wrote: > The Dell R440 does not have GPU and it is using only the onboard graphics to > drive the display. That's good. It's probably an Intel chipset. Now, use lspci -nn and dmesg | grep -i firmware to see what you need to do.

RE: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Doug Windle
Message- From: Greg Wooledge Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 2:22 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:07:26PM -0500, Doug Windle wrote: > I have new in box Dell R440 that I am trying to install Debian 10.

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:07:26PM -0500, Doug Windle wrote: > I have new in box Dell R440 that I am trying to install Debian 10.7.0. The > install process of Debian goes fine until after reboot. After the OS > install and upon reboot/startup of OS with GNOME I get a tearing/scrambling > of the l

Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-03-26 Thread Doug Windle
I have new in box Dell R440 that I am trying to install Debian 10.7.0. The install process of Debian goes fine until after reboot. After the OS install and upon reboot/startup of OS with GNOME I get a tearing/scrambling of the local display. The local display works fine thru the startup of the D