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and subject line Re: #660734 d-i: radeon: Please make sure firmware is
installed or the user warned about its lack
has caused the Debian Bug report #660734,
regarding d-i: radeon: Please make sure firmware is installed or the user
warned about its lack.
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: installation-reports
Justification: breaks the whole system
Severity: critical
Tags: d-i
Dear Maintainer,
the graphical installer works fine on this notebook. The error occurs only at
the attempt to boot the installation. GRUB passes fine, than Linux loads and
I'm asked for the password of the LVM. Shortly after I entered the password
the mode switches and I see a bright (white and light colours) "snow" (a
mosaic). The mouse cursor is visible and can be moved (its a tile of snow).
But nothing more happens. There is no console I could switch to.
I couldn't load the common firmware packages from the (extracted) tarball
during the installation but I chose to use non-free software. I hoped that the
installer would fetch the needed firmware. Even in expert mode I didn't find an
option to select this task.
Boot method: CD
Image version: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso from February 12, 2012
Boot method: CD
Machine: HP 635
Partitions: whole disk, encrypted LVM with seperate home partition
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
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--- Begin Message ---
The process of installing firmware (and the firmware thing in Debian archive
as a whole) has changed significantly with Debian 12 Bookworm.
See https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003
and https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2023/20230219
So, (missing) firmware should be no longer an issue.
Closing this bug
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Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org>
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