From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB55815852A for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:26:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C66EE29D0; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:26:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (mail.muc.de [193.149.48.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F498E29B9 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:26:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 65933 invoked by uid 3782); 21 Aug 2024 19:26:11 +0200 Received: from muc.de (pd953a387.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.83.163.135]) (using STARTTLS) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:26:11 +0200 Received: (qmail 13224 invoked by uid 1000); 21 Aug 2024 17:26:11 -0000 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:26:11 +0000 To: Peter =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6hm?= Cc: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit? Message-ID: References: <4943397.31r3eYUQgx@sun> <2744275.mvXUDI8C0e@sun> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <2744275.mvXUDI8C0e@sun> X-Submission-Agent: TMDA/1.3.x (Ph3nix) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: d390dace-6f23-4182-8c58-e667ea2a342e X-Archives-Hash: 321ee477eb632781be9812c070180448 Hello, Peter. On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 14:03:10 +0200, Peter Böhm wrote: > Hello Alan, > Am Mittwoch, 21. August 2024, 13:15:22 CEST schrieben Sie: > > > Boot with our GentooLiveCD (*) and ask: > > > "dmesg | grep firmware" > > I've done that, and see just three firmware files: > Have you used the GentooMinimalInstallationCD ? > Please try again with our GentoLIVE-CD. Yes, I'd misunderstood that. I downloaded the Gentoo live CD, burnt it onto a DVD and booted from it. It looks like it was trying to boot into a KDE system, but nothing stayed on my screen for more than ½ second. However I was able to type Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a console, and perform # dmesg | grep firmware. This showed a LOT of files from amdgpu being loaded. I copied all these files into my kernel config, and built the kernel. I carried on with the rest of the stuff in the installation handbook, and got to the stage of rebooting into the new system. Nothing. No trace of anything on my blank screen. I hate it when people say that configuring a kernel is easy. It isn't, never has been, and never will be. So I've got my evening to try and debug it. Yes, I'm aware that having the firmware loaded into a modular kernel would have helped here, but that's just not the way I want to go. Thanks everybody for the help! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).