Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-06 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
clone 926149 -1 retitle -1 [AMD/ATI] Carrizo driver incorrectly detected retitle 926149 Add nomodeset kernel parameter for recovery boot grub entry thanks > "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> However it might be reasonable to add "nomodeset" to the command line BH> in GRUB's "recovery" boot m

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-05 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> However it might be reasonable to add "nomodeset" to the command line > in GRUB's "recovery" boot menu items. OK, great. Now all that is left is for me to help you figure out why the installer incorrectly detects that the drivers are available, etc. I am able to workaround all this, I just want

Bug#926149: Subject: Re: Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
B> However it might be reasonable to add "nomodeset" to the command line B> in GRUB's "recovery" boot menu items. OK, great. Now all that is left is for me to help you figure out why the installer incorrectly detects that the drivers are available, etc. I am able to workaround all this, I just wa

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-04 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2019-04-04 at 09:22 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > > > > > > "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: > > BH> The installer normally uses a dumb framebuffer driver (probably efifb > BH> on this system) that is built into the kernel. This is too low- > BH> performance for a proper desktop. > > OK

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-03 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
And lo and behold, in /etc/grub.d/10_linux : if [ "$ubuntu_recovery" = 1 ]; then GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_RECOVERY="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_RECOVERY nomodeset" fi

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-03 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> The installer normally uses a dumb framebuffer driver (probably efifb BH> on this system) that is built into the kernel. This is too low- BH> performance for a proper desktop. OK, the installer could first double check that the framebuffer driver it inten

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2019-04-03 at 10:14 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > So the question becomes why does that installer ISO know how to properly deal > with the > > BH> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. > [AMD/ATI] Carrizo [1002:9874] (rev e6) > BH> Subsystem: ASUSTeK

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-02 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
So the question becomes why does that installer ISO know how to properly deal with the BH> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Carrizo [1002:9874] (rev e6) BH> Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8719] giving nice splash screens, a sna

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 - moreinfo On Tue, 2019-04-02 at 22:41 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > BH> Please send the output of "lspci -vnn" for the system that shows this > BH> problem. > > Would lspci -knn be good enough for now?: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=0;bug=925556;filename=

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-02 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
BH> Please send the output of "lspci -vnn" for the system that shows this BH> problem. Would lspci -knn be good enough for now?: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=0;bug=925556;filename=logs.gz;msg=50

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: reopen -1 Control: reassign -1 src:linux 4.9.144-3 On Tue, 2019-04-02 at 21:48 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > All I know is I researched what ISO I could put on a USB stick > and take to my mountain for a minimal install with no network. > > It worked fine, after I added that nomodeset

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-02 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
All I know is I researched what ISO I could put on a USB stick and take to my mountain for a minimal install with no network. It worked fine, after I added that nomodeset line. It is a shame if officially debian no longer can be installed without a network.

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-02 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
I'll be very happy to help you test this week. Next week I wish to proceed with final installation though. BH> Was the firmware (firmware-amd-graphics package) installed on your test BH> system? https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925556#25 mentions what ISO I used, and all logs are

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Mon, 2019-04-01 at 15:59 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > With the latest AMD CPUs the kernel will attempt to use the AMDGPU > kernel driver. Alas this will result in a black screen on the minimal > system installed by the installer.

Bug#926149: AMD: Add nomodeset kernel parameter to avoid black screen

2019-04-01 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Package: installation-reports With the latest AMD CPUs the kernel will attempt to use the AMDGPU kernel driver. Alas this will result in a black screen on the minimal system installed by the installer. Therefore on all three of these lines in /boot/grub/grub.cfg linux /boot/vmlinuz-... root=.