(Please provide enough information to help the Debian
maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling
in the sections below.)

Boot method: USB
Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bullseye_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: <Date and time of the install>

Machine: Zoostorm MSI Motherboard AMD A6-3670 APU
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O ]
Detect network card:    [O ]
Configure network:      [O ]
Detect media:           [O ]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O ]
User/password setup:    [O ]
Detect hard drives:     [O ]
Partition hard drives:  [O ]
Install base system:    [O ]
Install tasks:          [O ]
Install boot loader:    [O ]
Overall install:        [O ]

Comments/Problems:

Requires non-free Radeon drivers for r600 - firmware-amd-graphics

<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
      and ideas you had during the initial install.>


Please make sure that any installation logs that you think would
be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large
files using gzip.

Hi,

"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote (Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:26:00 +0000):

please be more specific:
What happened, when no firmware is installed?
Did the system work so far (graphical UI is visible and usable)?
Or was it suffering from problems like "black screen" or "garbled screen" as
other users reported?


Holger

Moin moin,

I think this installation report  now waits for one of these options

 * Reporter reports "It is okay, consider 'Requires non-free' as comment"
 * Reporter provides information which special install care
   the special hardware needs. Info that will help others.
 * Closed due "Time out"



Groeten
Geert Stappers

Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> (2021-04-25):

More info would definitely be helpful indeed.

Please don't close right away, thanks.


Cheers,

Updating the issue with "previously missing information"

----- Forwarded message from "Andrew M.A. Cater" -----

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:13:59 +0000

Adding to this, if I may.

I've got two machines which both turn out to need firmware-amd-graphics
rather than the more modern firmware-amdgpu.

Installing with Bullsye RC1 netinst for amd64 but NOT the unofficial firmware
version. debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso

Even on an expert text mode install.the installer does not prompt for the
firmware-amd-graphics package to be installed - it does complain about
Realtek ethernet drivers and a Ralink WiFi card suggesting that you install
the firmware for these. Booting the install medium does show, in passing,
in text that you need Radeon firmware R600 for modesetting.

If you _do not_ install the firmware, then on these two machines at least
there is a fallback mode to 800x600x16 so graphics remains (just) usable.
GNOME and Wayland work but it's not really practicable.

AT that point, you can install firmware-amd-graphics and it just works.
The meta-package which does this is firmware-linux-nonfree which also includes
amd64-microcode

Once the firmwre is installed, these machines will drive a 2k monitor

This is explicitly NOT amdgpu which is where people are reporting black
screens and no output whatsoever, I think.

Hope this helps,

Andy C.

----- End forwarded message -----


Those who feel more comformatable to close this issue than me,
should close this issue.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
-- 
Silence is hard to parse