Re: Lenovo S205 boot

From	Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Lenovo S205 boot
Date	2020-08-11 11:30 +0200
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I've got a similar vintage Thinkpad x130 next to me: firmware-linux-free
firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-misc-nonfree and it all works well.

UEFI should then more or less just work.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 9:23 AM Sven Hoexter <sven@stormbind.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 09:57:47AM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:
>
> > It's a AMD CPU-GPU package, I've documented the hardware in
> > the wiki as I already pointed out earlier:
> > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Lenovo/ideapadS205/wheezy
>
> I've updated that page with some more information. For one the
> grub2 shell input to boot amd64 from Russel and my steps on how to
> finish a i386 based installation with grub-legacy.
> That actually brings me up to a booting and working XFCE installation
> with X and all the glitter.
>
>
> > One of the things that could prevent the X start is a firmware issue.
> > I documented that in this page back then, and it's likely you could
> > not do anything without the proper non-free firmware installed.
>
> Russel, I believe what you're missing on your installation to get X
> working is just an
> apt install firmware-linux-nonfree
> That depends on some firmware package for the AMD/ATI GPU.
> The required firmware for the ralink wlan ship is installed by
> default if you based on your install on the non-free netinstall
> images.
> Otherwise also
> apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
> via a cable connection.
>
> Sven
>
>

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Lenovo S205 boot "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-07-30 07:00 +0200
  Re: Lenovo S205 boot David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-30 08:20 +0200
  Re: Lenovo S205 boot Sven Hoexter <sven@stormbind.net> - 2020-07-30 10:20 +0200
    Re: Lenovo S205 boot Sven Hoexter <sven@stormbind.net> - 2020-08-04 19:10 +0200
      Re: Lenovo S205 boot "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-08-04 20:00 +0200
        Re: Lenovo S205 boot Sven Hoexter <sven@stormbind.net> - 2020-08-10 17:40 +0200
          Re: Lenovo S205 boot "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-08-10 19:30 +0200
            Re: Lenovo S205 boot Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-08-10 23:40 +0200
              Re: Lenovo S205 boot "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-08-11 01:50 +0200
                Re: Lenovo S205 boot David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 05:30 +0200
                Re: Lenovo S205 boot Sven Hoexter <sven@stormbind.net> - 2020-08-11 10:00 +0200
                Re: Lenovo S205 boot Sven Hoexter <sven@stormbind.net> - 2020-08-11 11:30 +0200
                Re: Lenovo S205 boot Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 11:30 +0200
                Re: Lenovo S205 boot "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-08-11 10:50 +0200

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