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No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion [Solved]
No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion [Solved]
Have HP Pavilion G6 with Windows 8.1. Used DVD disk 1, and then network install and then firmware network install.
No matter what I do, there is no Ethernet network or proper video. None of the proper firmware is found or installed or asked for.
And for the cherry on the top, the computer does not boot to grub.
Anyone have any experience with this issue before?
No matter what I do, there is no Ethernet network or proper video. None of the proper firmware is found or installed or asked for.
And for the cherry on the top, the computer does not boot to grub.
Anyone have any experience with this issue before?
Last edited by KitchM on 2020-11-06 17:57, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion
No video
What is the output of: lspci | egrep "3D|Display|VGA"
No Network
What is the output of: lspci | grep Network
What do you mean: Have HP Pavilion G6 with Windows 8.1. Used DVD disk 1, and then network install and then firmware network install.
Dual booting with Windows?
Single booting Debian?
You used DVD#1 AND did Network install AND did "firmware network install"
What firmware did you install?
But you have no ethernet?
What is the output of: lspci | egrep "3D|Display|VGA"
No Network
What is the output of: lspci | grep Network
What do you mean: Have HP Pavilion G6 with Windows 8.1. Used DVD disk 1, and then network install and then firmware network install.
Dual booting with Windows?
Single booting Debian?
You used DVD#1 AND did Network install AND did "firmware network install"
What firmware did you install?
But you have no ethernet?
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion
If you try a network install without a network connection, there will naturally be missing components of the OS.
Could you tell us about when this machine was manufactured? Buster often has trouble with machines mid-2019 or newer.
Could you tell us about when this machine was manufactured? Buster often has trouble with machines mid-2019 or newer.
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7640G]
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcom Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
There is also:
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 05)
I apologize for being unclear. Yes, of course it is to be a dual-boot.
I tried over and over again using three different installation iso setups. The applicable partitions were deleted and recreated each time. All seemed to install, but none came up with a desktop.
None asked for firmware, and it is reasonable to assume that the net install with included non-free firmware would have taken care of that automatically.
The router sees the laptop, so there must be connection. It is just that no matter which install is used, it is never configured with network setup on the laptop.
The manufacture date appears to be 2011.
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcom Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
There is also:
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 05)
I apologize for being unclear. Yes, of course it is to be a dual-boot.
I tried over and over again using three different installation iso setups. The applicable partitions were deleted and recreated each time. All seemed to install, but none came up with a desktop.
None asked for firmware, and it is reasonable to assume that the net install with included non-free firmware would have taken care of that automatically.
The router sees the laptop, so there must be connection. It is just that no matter which install is used, it is never configured with network setup on the laptop.
The manufacture date appears to be 2011.
Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion
Well this is bizarre. I was finally able to get to a command prompt and log in. I then did apt update and it worked perfectly.
I tried startx and it states there is a problem with modesetting isn't supported. I must assume that means the non-free firmware is not installed, even though non-free is in the sources.list.
Maybe I can figure a way to complete the install. Any tips?
I tried startx and it states there is a problem with modesetting isn't supported. I must assume that means the non-free firmware is not installed, even though non-free is in the sources.list.
Maybe I can figure a way to complete the install. Any tips?
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion
What does your sources list say?
If you do (as Root) apt update && apt full-upgrade what error message do you get?
If you do (as Root) apt update && apt full-upgrade what error message do you get?
Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion
"0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded"
I was able to do the following:
Thanks all.
I was able to do the following:
- Downloaded appropriate Radeon firmware from wiki.debian.org/Firmware. (One file had them all.)
Put deb file on USB drive.
Put USB drive in laptop.
Ran cd /mnt
Ran mkdir usbdrive
Ran lsblk -p | grep “disk”
Saw drive as sdb
Ran mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usbdrive
Ran cd /usbdrive
Ran ls
Ran apt install ./(name of firmware deb file)
Ran shutdown -r now
Booted into Debian and waited to desktop.
Thanks all.
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion [Solved]
For the record, which firmware did you install?
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion [Solved]
It has to be firmware-amd-graphics, which 99.9999999% of AMD GPUs need to work correctly.
Your wi-fi seems to be one of the few cards that doesn't need outside firmware (ath9k driver).
Your wi-fi seems to be one of the few cards that doesn't need outside firmware (ath9k driver).
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Re: No Video or Network with Buster on HP Pavilion [Solved]
Sorry, but I would have posted sooner if the notifications in the forum were working.
I installed:
amd64-microcode_3.20181128.1_amd64.deb
firmware-linux-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
firmware-misc-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
firmware-amd-graphics_20190114-2_all.deb
Thank you everyone.
I installed:
amd64-microcode_3.20181128.1_amd64.deb
firmware-linux-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
firmware-misc-nonfree_20190114-2_all.deb
firmware-amd-graphics_20190114-2_all.deb
Thank you everyone.