Sven Joachim composed on 2023-04-29 09:02 (UTC+0200): > On 2023-04-28 21:30 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> # inxi -Gxx >> Graphics: >> Device-1: Intel 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 >> v: kernel arch: Gen-4 ports: active: DVI-D-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 >> chip-ID: 8086:2992 # aka ancient >> # grep MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf >> # MODULES: [ most | netboot | dep | list ] >> MODULES=dep >> # >> These many per transaction $SUBJECT initrd construction messages have been >> routine >> for a long time in Bullseye and Bookworm regardless of active GPU installed, >> and >> whether or not a firmware-brand-graphics .deb exists and is installed >> for it. > It would be useful to give an example of these messages, as well as a > list of firmware packages you have installed. https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=156340 shows same thing, and reports problem is old and unfixable. Apparently it must only happen with certain CPU/GPU families, which is why it took a while for me to notice. >> Is there something that can be done to avoid this screen and log >> litter? > Install the package that contains the firmware files. For Intel and > NVidia graphics that is firmware-misc-nonfree, for AMD it is > firmware-amd-graphics. >> Can anyone >> point to an existing meta-bug report on the subject of stopping the litter? >> Searching seems to find only reports pointing to particular GPUs, e.g. >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1016286 > It's the same for any GPUs, as well as for other hardware. The > update-initramfs script runs modinfo(8) to find out which firmware files > a loaded module might request and issues a warning for any such file > which is not there. You can check the code for yourself[1]. > 1. https://sources.debian.org/src/initramfs-tools/0.142/hook-functions/#L109 -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
