I used the non free cd-rom iso file mounted onto my usb flash drive. I also copied over 3 non-free firmwares that I believe I might need (for some reason the firmware files in the non-free debian image are empty files). These 3 firmwares include firmware-realtek_20210315-3_all.deb that I am prompted for in the installation, intel-microcode_3.20220207.1~deb11u1_amd64.deb which based on googling seemed like a good idea, and firmware-misc-nonfree_20210315-3_all.deb which contains firmware for i915, in particular firmware for gemini lake which is what the integrated graphics chip is (UHD 605) on the GB-BMCE-5105
Problem begins on my first boot. It finishes booting, except it doesn't load the GUI, LXQT. So I use Ctrl + Alt + F4 to enter the command line and login as user and root. I try startlxqt, but the result I get is:
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qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Available platform plugins are : (list of plugins)
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export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
I tried
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dmesg
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Your device 4e61 is not properly supported by the driver in this kernel version. To force driver probe anyway, use i915.force_probe=4e61 module parameter or CONFIG_DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE=4e61 configuration option, or (recommended) check for kernel updates
I tried putting
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i915.force_probe=4e61
Going back in time, I previously installed debian with LXDE on the same system. The GUI started up fine but there was a problem where it couldn't detect my monitor, so I was stuck at a non-native resolution of 800x600. I was kind of hoping reinstalling LXQT would have solved that but it seems that the problem goes deeper.
Based on all this it seems this is to do with the integrated graphics talking to the OS. Anyone got any thoughts or ideas that could set me on the right path?