Hi Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com> writes: > > +</para><para> > + > +The routines used to detect missing firmware can only be of help for > +modules loaded after &d-i; has started. This implies that the > +capabilities of some devices, the graphics card, for example, are no > +different at the end of the installation from what they were at the > +beginning and may mean some of your hardware is not being used to its > +full potential. If you suspect this is the case, or are just curious, it > +is not a bad idea to check the output of the <command>dmesg</command> > +command on the newly booted system and search for "firmware", "missing", > +"unable" or "fail". > +
Shouldn't we improve the installer to do this search instead? To me this seems to be mostly scriptable. Gaduenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wqws6au0....@meteor.durcheinandertal.bofh
