Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed

2016-03-13 Thread Bob Holtzman 
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 04:31:51PM +, Trond Arild Ydersbond wrote:
> I have got this working on the same machine with Wheezy 7.6 and Knoppixes up 
> to and including 7.6.1, but it seems that radeon_pci_probe refuses to 
> recognize the installed firmware. Have tried different settings, but dmesg 
> stille gives the same error.
> *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires 
> firmware-linux-nonfree
> 
> What can I do about this?

Install the firmware-linux-nonfree package? *Hint* check the repos or
just use apt-get. 

Oh, crap! I replied to the wrong post. It was meant for Udeesha Dilshan.


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Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed

2016-03-13 Thread Bob Holtzman 
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 04:31:51PM +, Trond Arild Ydersbond wrote:
> I have got this working on the same machine with Wheezy 7.6 and Knoppixes up 
> to and including 7.6.1, but it seems that radeon_pci_probe refuses to 
> recognize the installed firmware. Have tried different settings, but dmesg 
> stille gives the same error.
> *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires 
> firmware-linux-nonfree
> 
> What can I do about this?

Install the firmware-linux-nonfree package? *Hint* check the repos or
just use apt-get. 

-- 
Bob Holtzman
A man is a man who will fight with a sword or
conquer Mt. Everest in snow. But the bravest of all
owns a '34 Ford and tries for six thousand in low.

Re: Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed

2016-03-13 Thread Trond Arild Ydersbond 
>Just a hunch but maybe you booted the wrong kernel, or the initrd for
>some reason wasn't regenerated after the firmware was installed?

Exactly right! 
When initrd was updated correctly, everything worked as advertised.
(FYI, this is live-8.3.0 with persistence, booted by legacy grub.)

Trond

Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed

2016-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett 
On Saturday 12 March 2016 11:31:51 Trond Arild Ydersbond wrote:

> I have got this working on the same machine with Wheezy 7.6 and
> Knoppixes up to and including 7.6.1, but it seems that
> radeon_pci_probe refuses to recognize the installed firmware. Have
> tried different settings, but dmesg stille gives the same error.
> *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires
> firmware-linux-nonfree
>
> What can I do about this?
>
> Trond

How about doing:

sudo apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree

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Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed

2016-03-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson 
On Sat, 2016-03-12 at 16:31 +, Trond Arild Ydersbond wrote:
> I have got this working on the same machine with Wheezy 7.6 and
> Knoppixes up to and including 7.6.1, but it seems that
> radeon_pci_probe refuses to recognize the installed firmware. Have
> tried different settings, but dmesg stille gives the same error.
> *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires
> firmware-linux-nonfree
> 
> What can I do about this?

Just a hunch but maybe you booted the wrong kernel, or the initrd for
some reason wasn't regenerated after the firmware was installed?

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