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Re: missing firmware ??

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	Hi.

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 19:49:59 -0500
Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Jimmy Johnson composed on 2017-01-28 16:21 (UTC-0800):
> 
> > Frank M wrote:
> 
> >>    I installed firmware-linux....it pulled in several packages including
> >> one I need (intel-microcode)  but I still
> >> get :
> >> Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for
> >> module i915
> >> Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for
> >> module i915
> >> when init is updated.
> 
> > Do you have 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' installed?  If not install it and
> > see if your missing firmware goes away.
> 
> xserver-xorg-video-intel might actually be a problem. 

Hardly. Due to the nature of the package it cannot provide firmware,
especially non-free one. And as a quick search on packages.debian.org
shows us, no Debian package provide those files anyway.

> If installed, Xorg uses it 
> if you don't explicitly override. It's no longer the driver of choice for most 
> Intel gfxchips. If you're not using an antique Intel gfxchip, you probably 
> prefer the modesetting driver that is integral to the server:
> 
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Xorg-Intel-DDX-Switch
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-modesetting-2017&num=1
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-Abandon-Intel-DDX

A curious advice to say the least.
Does modesetting xorg module provide OpenGL? What about VAAPI? 

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  Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-28 19:00 +0100
  Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-28 19:00 +0100
    Re: missing firmware ?? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-01-28 19:20 +0100
      Re: missing firmware ?? Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-01-29 02:40 +0100
        Re: missing firmware ?? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-01-29 16:30 +0100
    Re: missing firmware ?? Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-01-28 22:20 +0100
    Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-28 23:20 +0100
      Re: missing firmware ?? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-01-28 23:50 +0100
      Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-29 00:00 +0100
    Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-28 23:20 +0100
      Re: missing firmware ?? Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 01:30 +0100
        Re: missing firmware ?? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-01-29 02:00 +0100
          Re: missing firmware ?? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-01-29 09:40 +0100
        Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-29 02:10 +0100
      Re: missing firmware ?? Frank M <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2017-01-29 02:00 +0100
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