[Solved] firmware=never doesn't seem to prevent firmware from being loaded in the Debian 12.1 Xfce Live Installer

[s3a]

https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#How_to ... e_firmware

https://www.debian.org/releases/bookwor ... 02.en.html

I load the live ISO (in a virtual machine), highlight "Live system (amd64)", press TAB (to edit the menu entry), append the firmware=never boot parameter to the end of the existing boot parameters.

Then, when I load the live OS, dmesg | grep -i firmware=never does seem to show that the firmware=never boot parameter was loaded and cat /proc/cmdline shows it added too, but apt-cache policy firmware-linux-nonfree shows that the package is installed and that the non-free-firmware part of the repositories is enabled.

As a confirmation, I observed that the /etc/apt/sources.list file also shows that the non-free-firmware part of the repositories is enabled.

Is this a bug or am I misunderstanding something?

If I'm misunderstanding, could someone please help clarify the situation for me?

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

[Aki]

I load the live ISO (in a virtual machine), highlight "Live system (amd64)", press TAB (to edit the menu entry), append the firmware=never boot parameter to the end of the existing boot parameters.

Then, when I load the live OS, dmesg | grep -i firmware=never does seem to show that the firmware=never boot parameter was loaded and cat /proc/cmdline shows it added too, but apt-cache policy firmware-linux-nonfree shows that the package is installed and that the non-free-firmware part of the repositories is enabled.

I suppose you need to select the menu item named "Start Installer" and then add the firmware=never boot parameter (see attached image).

Screenshot_Debian_Live_2023-10-11.jpg

[s3a]

Thanks for the response!

I'll check that out later tonight, but before then, sorry if this is a stupid question, but I just wanted to ask:
Can the fi…login to view the rest of this post