On Fri 26 Mar 2021 at 15:22:01 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:07:26PM -0500, Doug Windle wrote: > > I have new in box Dell R440 that I am trying to install Debian 10.7.0. The > > install process of Debian goes fine until after reboot. After the OS > > install and upon reboot/startup of OS with GNOME I get a tearing/scrambling > > of the local display. The local display works fine thru the startup of the > > Dell hardware (I get the Dell splash screen with boot up options and > > progress bar) and thru the installation process and only fails after the OS > > starts. > > Issues with video chipset drivers/firmware are extremely common, especially > if one installed with the "official" images, rather than the "unofficial" > ones which contain non-free firmware.
[...] How does using an official unofficial image solve a video problem *by itself* when booting into the new system? -- Brian.
