Andy asked in the duplicate thread with no subject which installer? I used the Debian installer from Debian.org.
Regards, John On Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 8:51 PM R C <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > > I ran into issues like that. different cards might give you different > issues, some linux-es can be picky like that (especially when you'd have > to mess with nouveau) > > The firmware it is talking about is the linux firmware I think, not the > firmware on the board. > > > Did you do the install with the cli/text interface? or the graphical > interface? It might simply not have seen the integrated graphics card > when you were installing it. > > (there might also be a bios setting, on how the onboard graphics is > used, it can be disabled too. Also, it might be it isn't a true radeon > chipset, and didn't get recognized.) > > > > what I did is get a cheap/simple/used graphics card that will work, and > got rid of the one that didn't play well. In your case that'd mean > disabling the onboard graphics. > > > hope that helps.... > > > Ron > > > On 10/26/20 7:15 PM, John Figie wrote: > > I forgot to add a subject > > John Figie > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 8:18 PM John Figie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Dear LinuxCNC users > >> > >> I started a project about 6 years ago that was delayed because of > several > >> personal issues. I am now ready to begin putting together a computer > that I > >> want to use to control a lathe. I want to install Debian 10 (buster) on > my > >> PC. > >> > >> I have 2 identical older MBs Asus M5A 78L-M LX. Each has an AMC Sempron > 145 > >> processor. I have been running one of these for the last 5 years with > >> Debian 8 and it seems to work fine. I selected these MBs because they > >> seemed to have reasonable performance with latency test. I recently > >> assembled the second MB and decided to install Debian 10 using a USB > drive. > >> The installation completes, installs GRUB and then prompts to reboot. > >> > >> The GRUB graphical menu screen looks fine. > >> > >> When the new system boots the last message on the screen is: > >> [ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager. > >> Nothing further happens on the screen. > >> > >> If i boot with Linux 4.19.0-12 amd64 (recovery mode) then I am able to > boot > >> successfully > >> At the prompt I can enter the command # journalctl -xb > >> Looking at the output there is one error displayed: > >> > >> drm: radeon_pci_probe ERROR radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later > >> requires firmware installed. > >> > >> 1) Is this error significant? > >> 2) Do I really need this firmware? I am not using any graphics card > -just > >> the built in graphics. Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS780 I really don't want to > >> mess around with trying to flash new firmware on the MB. - but if that > is > >> what it takes I might try to figure out how to do that. > >> > >> If i swap hard drives with my working Debian 8 system then the new > computer > >> boots normally to the debian 8 GNOME desktop. > >> > >> If anyone can give me some hints or ideas to try I will appreciate your > >> help and kindness. > >> > >> John Figie > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
