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Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed

From Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed
Date 2016-03-12 20:00 +0100
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On Saturday 12 March 2016 11:31:51 Trond Arild Ydersbond wrote:

> I have got this working on the same machine with Wheezy 7.6 and
> Knoppixes up to and including 7.6.1, but it seems that
> radeon_pci_probe refuses to recognize the installed firmware. Have
> tried different settings, but dmesg stille gives the same error.
> *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires
> firmware-linux-nonfree
>
> What can I do about this?
>
> Trond

How about doing:

sudo apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with  firmware-linux-nonfree installed Trond Arild Ydersbond <t_a_ydersbond@yahoo.no> - 2016-03-12 18:00 +0100
  Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with  firmware-linux-nonfree installed Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-03-12 18:20 +0100
  Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with firmware-linux-nonfree installed Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-03-12 20:00 +0100
  Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with  firmware-linux-nonfree installed Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-03-13 21:30 +0100
  Re: Radeon trouble Jessie 8.3. [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* with  firmware-linux-nonfree installed Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-03-13 21:40 +0100

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