On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 05:43:29PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Patrick Kennedy wrote: > >In fact, I did recompile my kernel for the "Xorg ATI Driver-7.3.0". When > >the system boots up, you can see a boot message complaining about not > >having the fireware for the Radeon video driver. The problem is, the web > >page for Radeon firmware (http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/) > >has names like Aruba and Hawaii, et al. > > > >And I've got a Dell Vostro 3450 that ran Ubuntu when first purchased. So, > >it's hard to know what firmware is required. > > > >Anyways, definitely learning lots with LFS and BLFS. But it should would > >be cool to get X Window up. > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware > https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/firmware-linux-nonfree > > may be helpful. I didn't see a 6600M though. Try lspci -v for details. > > -- Bruce > > For me, google suggests it is an HD6630, which is apparently a hybrid graphic driver. I guess that might mean the server needs the prime support patch, but that is _only_ a guess.
Based on https://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/firmware-linux-nonfree I would try the set of TURKS files. Actually, for installing I would probably try dumping *all* the radeon firmware ins /usr/lib/firmware, point the kernel to it, and then start by adding all the TURKS files, build and boot the new kernel, review, and if necessary repeat with additional or different firmware (depending on what the dmesg or messages during the boot say). So, do not throw away the kernel tree between builds, making a small change should be much faster on an already compiled kernel tree. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
