*ERROR* Radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires

[aindriu]

Hi,

I tried installing Debian on an old Dell Precision T1700 and Radeon Firepro 2270 graphics, the installation went fine and booted to the Grub but I then get the following error:

*ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for r600 or later requires firmware installed

Screen shot here: https://imgur.com/a/j23ITE1

How can I get around this? I can't get access to a terminal in recovery mode

[L_V]

Installing firmware-amd-graphics should help.

[aindriu]

Hi,

Thanks for the help, I changed the bios video from Radeon to Auto, it progressed the boot sequence till GNOME Display Error

I had some trouble even getting to the command line, I used the USB stick to boot into recovery and ran

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sudo apt install firmware-amd-graphics

but it didn't make any difference,. Im getting this screen

http://imgur.com/gallery/uBN8yGb

What should I try next?

[aindriu]

I edited /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf and removed the # before WaylandEnables=false

It eventually booted to the login screen

[trinidad]

Once the screen appeared with the green bracketed OK that GDM loaded you could have logged in from the console as your user.

TC

[stevepusser]

I'm not seeing any confirmation that your install command for the firmware actually worked. Let's check--show us the output for

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apt policy firmware-amd-graphics