-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 02/26/2012 12:39 AM, Rémi Verschelde wrote:
> > As far as I know, radeon-firmware is in Nonfree Release. I don't think > there is anything in Nonfree Updates in Cauldron since all updates go > as candidates for the Release. > See madb: > http://mageia.madb.org/package/show/t_search/radeon/distrelease/1/application/0/name/radeon-firmware > Oops, I checked for the repository on my Mageia 1 machine. Thank you. >> >> Proper steps, but not the proper formatting: >> 1) Add "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel command line in GRUB >> (link on how to do that) >> 2) Boot system > > Another possibility would be to boot in failsafe mode. I don't think this worked in failsafe mode, at least not in Mageia 1. I'll try to check on Mageia 2, Beta 1. I will have to reinstall. > Another workaround is to chose "vesa" as a driver during the > installation. Then the first boot hangs, and the following boots are > okay. It could be a nice possibility for those who want nothing from > Nonfree and don't care about high graphic performance. > Is there a difference in performance/capabilities between this and permanently adding "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel options? I'll add this to the Errata, but it really only works if you read the Errata before installing. Is it reasonable to assume that a user who is willing to go out of his/her way to use nothing from Nonfree can be told simply to use the VESA driver? I don't want to leave too many complicated instructions and it would be nice to simply list this as an option. Thank you, Jeff -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mageia - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREIAAYFAk9J+T8ACgkQspwAgUSFJCy0mAD/Whl60ceorM/kcaWSoFC77L8d NdgzaLlT1Uwi+ajPJM8A/AiWsFJ6fpe0yD9UsFpm43l71Sbn2StZfVJpjDUMqNif =H4ng -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
