Re: Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770?

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From	Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid>
Subject	Re: Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770?
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.debian
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Date	2025-03-05 13:00 +1000
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bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
> 
> On the subject MSI board with 'legacy' *radeon 5770*
> Max resolution 640x480/720x400/720x480
> (Fresh Devuan & Debian installs)
> ==================================================
> 
> these are the only dmesg lines that include radeon or amd:
> 
> [   48.141838] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> [   48.168995] [drm:radeon_pci_probe [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon kernel 
> modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware installed
> [   48.169249] See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information 
> about missing firmware

Like the link says, you're missing firmware that's required to use
the GPU driver. It seems that the firmware-amd-graphics package has
lots of Radeon firmwares, so I'd start by installing that (from
"non-free-firmware" on newer Debian, as described at the link).

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Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770? bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-03-04 12:47 -0500
  Re: Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-03-04 19:50 +0100
    Re: Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770? bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-03-04 17:16 -0500
      Re: Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770? Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-03-05 13:00 +1000
        RESOLVED > Re: Open-Source(?) driver for Radeon 5770? bad sector <postit@invalid.org> - 2025-03-07 12:49 +0000

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