Re: buster xfce fails to start
On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 08:22:14PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 03:12:45PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Sounds like you need to install firmware-amd-graphics. It's in the
> > non-free section, so make sure you've enabled non-free and contrib.
>
> I did that when setting up the mirror (which is debian.org via my
> approx server). Again, I have installed Debian dozens of times, using
> EXPERT mode, and so am reasonably familiar with the installer.
>
> I suppose that I need to download the firmware on another machine and
> copy it to USB flash, and then reinstall the system. That is one
> thing (finding and downloading firmware) which I do not recall ever
> having done.
Why can't you just "apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics"? Is the
machine lacking a network connection? You don't have to reinstall
from scratch for this.
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