Am 26.02.2012 00:58, schrieb Jeff Robins: > Hello, > > Unless anyone objects by 10PM PST on Monday, I am going to update the > Mageia 2, Beta 1 Errata page for the proper/current Radeon firmware fix. > > The posted fix no longer works because the firmware files are in a > package called "radeon-firmware", which is in "Nonfree Updates". The > user has to add/enable "Nonfree Updates" to a basic installation. > Installing the rpm also runs "bootloader-config", so that section can be > removed. > > 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 > 3) Add "Nonfree Updates" repository (link to how to do that) or > download (direct link to rpm) > 4) "urpmi radeon-firmware" or "urpmi <file-name>" > 5) restart system
Well, if i remember correctly, only one of those two is needed. I.e. radeon.modeset=0 is a workaround or quick-and-dirty fix if you don't want to/can't install radeon-firmware. After you install radeon-firmware radeon.modeset=0 is unnecessary. Otherwise you work on Errata is really welcome! > > I know that there is still an open discussion on how to handle this for > Mageia 2, but this is how to handle it for Beta 1. > > Thank you, > > Jeff >
