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Bug#1057399: firmware-amd-graphics: Unintended consequence of /usr merge - video output ceases

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On Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:34:29 +1030 Arthur Marsh
<arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> wrote:
> Package: firmware-amd-graphics
> Version: 20230625-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> A long time ago on a motherboard far away lived an AMD graphics card 
> code-named Cedar. 
> 
> Cedar was missing its firmware so its owner copied the firmware to 
> /lib/firmware/radeon and all was well.
> 
> The graphics card was later moved to another pc (after Cedar firmware
was
> packaged), replaced by an R7 250 
> graphics card and all was well.
> 
> Later on the motherboard went to the great scrap metal recovery yard,
> replaced by a motherboard with an AMD APU, and its graphics unit was 
> code-named Aruba and all was well.
> 
> Then, an early present arrived in the form of /usr merge for AMD
graphics 
> firmware. 
> A small message said: 
> "unable to remove /lib/firmware/radeon - directory not empty" 
> and all was well until update-initramfs was run and a reboot.

> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: trixie/sid
>   APT prefers experimental
>   APT policy: (1, 'experimental')
> merged-usr: no

Hi,

Unfortunately this system appears to be in an unsupported state. Please
install the usrmerge package to fix it. You can find more information
at:

https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

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Bug#1057399: firmware-amd-graphics: Unintended consequence of /usr merge - video output ceases Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> - 2023-12-04 14:10 +0100
  Bug#1057399: firmware-amd-graphics: Unintended consequence of /usr merge - video output ceases Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2023-12-04 15:10 +0100
  Processed: Re: firmware-amd-graphics: Unintended consequence of  /usr merge - video output ceases "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2023-12-04 15:10 +0100

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