Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-14 16:47 (UTC):
Note that I am not necessarily looking for a solution. I have a working 4K
system using the integrated graphics card. I most want to understand WHY
Jessie doesn't work with the radeon driver.
For that I have to suggest asking the specialists
On Mar 14, 2017, at 12:35 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Something is defective, MSI's motherboard BIOS/firmware, Radeon's VBIOS,
hardware, display or some combination. If all acquired together, it ought to
have been taken up with the vendors when new so that you would have had
some recourse. Maybe
David Wright composed on 2017-03-13 23:43 (UTC-0500):
Another oddity is that dmesg always says (both then and now):
[drm] Loading R300 Microcode
radeon :01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/R300_cp.bin (-2)
radeon :01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
radeon :01:00.
David Wright composed on 2017-03-13 23:43 (UTC-0500):
When you say get rid of drivers, is that just things like
xserver-xorg-video-foo, or do you also mean things like
kernel modules?
1-In the context of only FOSS in use, I had only Xorg in mind.
2-In the context of proprietary drivers having
On Mon 13 Mar 2017 at 19:30:32 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> Simplest way to use is purge all traces of Intel, proprietary and
> AMD/ATI drivers, install xserver-xorg-video-modesetting, then
> restart.
When you say get rid of drivers, is that just things like
xserver-xorg-video-foo, or do you als
Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-14 02:18 (UTC):
As I mentioned in my first post, it is a display issue. The BIOS boot screen
never displays, nor does any of the boot sequence, when using the Radeon R9
270X card. Forcing it into the BIOS setup won't make it display the screen
it can't displa
On Mar 13, 2017, at 09:50 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 20:56 (UTC-0400):
Probably not impossible, but difficult I cannot doubt. It ought to go into setup
automatically regardless of video connection if you do a BIOS reset via jumper
or battery removal. If th
Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 20:56 (UTC-0400):
Both are not usable simultaneously. My BIOS requires me to disable the
on-board graphics to use the Radeon card. Getting into BIOS is impossible
with the Radeon in use.
Probably not impossible, but difficult I cannot doubt. It ought to
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 18:49 (UTC-0400):
>
> Is Plymouth installed?
No, it is not. I checked.
According to that URI it is a refresh of Radeon HD 7870 that apparently
> nobody ever updated Wikipedia to include. The Radeon
Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 18:49 (UTC-0400):
...
appear? If Plymouth is installed, have you tried removing it?
Is Plymouth installed?
monitor. Of course, the obvious issues with my graphics card means I don't
Did you try the driver that supports both gfxchips? Devs are trying to
Meanwhile, my MSI Z87-43G motherboard boot screen doesn't display unless I
>
>> use the built-in graphics card. When I use my Radeon R9 270X it just goes
>> blank, but still boots through to the default first grub menu item. 4K
>>
>
> Goes blank when exactly? Do kernel and initrd load first? Do you
Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 15:35 (UTC-0400):
Meanwhile, my MSI Z87-43G motherboard boot screen doesn't display unless I
use the built-in graphics card. When I use my Radeon R9 270X it just goes
blank, but still boots through to the default first grub menu item. 4K
Goes blank when
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