Severity: normal

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Boot method: USB
Image version:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bullseye_di_rc2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: June 16 2021, 22:00

Machine: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eh1557ng
Partitions:
Filesystem     Type     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev           devtmpfs   7833072        0   7833072   0% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs      1577796     1704   1576092   1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p5 ext4     199490896  4304316 184980220   3% /
tmpfs          tmpfs      7888972    63320   7825652   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs          tmpfs         5120        4      5116   1% /run/lock
/dev/nvme0n1p1 vfat        262144    72160    189984  28% /boot/efi
tmpfs          tmpfs      1577792      152   1577640   1% /run/user/1000



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

Initial boot:           [O ]
Detect network card:    [E ]
Configure network:      [O ]
Detect media:           [E ]
Load installer modules: [E ]
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: Graphical Install did not find ethernet, because
laptop is not equipped with it. But it did not try to search for
wireless. Instead I was able to choose my wireless Realtek chip in
ethernet window. It could not activate the supplied driver from 2nd USB
drive. Mounting of 2nd USB drive was unreliable. Installation worked
well after using USB-Ethernet adapter.

Installation process of install via ethernet worked well. Gnome desktop
not useable on built in screen because resolution and brightness not
changeable, no sound, no BT.


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Hallo Oliver,

And thanks for your report.

Oliver Psotta <oliver.psotta@posteo.de> (2021-06-17):

I do have some laptops around that I'm testing firmware-related issues
with, and I think I've noticed this (to be confirmed):
 - on a laptop without wired Ethernet, I'm getting a prompt for the
   wireless card and its firmware.
 - when booting it with a USB→Ethernet adapter, I'm getting a prompt for
   the (possibly missing but actually unimportant) firmware for the
   USB→Ethernet adapter, but no mention of the wireless card or missing
   firmware.

OK, that part I'm not familiar with, and I cannot really comment.

You could have used one of the unofficial/non-free images that come with
all firmware packages:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

Alright, I'm currently chasing that kind of issues. You can double check
you're using a software-based rendering by installing the mesa-utils
package, running `glxinfo | grep renderer` should give you llvmpipe.

Wild guess, you're lacking:
 - firmware-iwlwifi for bluetooth support (I do have a realtek wireless
   card here, but the kernel complains about files that are shipped in
   that package instead).
 - firmware-amd-graphics for proper display support.
 - firmware-sof-signed for sound support.

All those wouldn't have been solved by using the firmware-enabled images
because we're currently lacking some detection, but I'm working on this.

For users of official installation images (main-only), I'm wondering
whether to advertise something like this in the installation guide:

    sudo apt install isenkram-cli
    sudo isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
    sudo reboot

Please note that due to #989884, one should install isenkram-cli from
unstable to make sure the firmware file to firmware package lookup
works.

More on such issues on #989863 and follow-up bug reports when I get a
chance to sum up my findings.


Tschüss,

Hello Cyril,

you are welcome.

If you want I can send you a screenshot of the Ethernet screen, where I
can select WIFI drivers.
When I plugged in the USB-Ethernet adapter, I will not be asked
anything. Installation then automatically configures network, IP, time
and so on.
Good to know, thank you. I will use it for the next installation.
The situation right now is:
- Screen resolution, brightness controls and sound are working.
  Probably because of the AMD firmware I've installed. Also the laptop
  is not getting warm anymore.
- BT is working with the non-free Realtek firmware. WiFi chip cannot be
  activated because of the known bug: "rtw88 / rtl_8821ce: rfe 2 is not
supported". This bug is fixed on Ubuntu, but the range of WiFi is only
2 meters (also known). On Ubuntu there's a proprietary driver for this
which works well. I'm not sure if it is possible to install that on
Bullseye.
- Suspend is not working, also known bug. I was reading somewhere that
  will be fixed in the next main linux kernel.
- Now my renderer is GLX_MESA_query_renderer and for OpenGL it's AMD
  Renoir.
Tschüss,
Oliver

PS: I forgot to mention that Gnome forgets the settings of screen
brightness after restarts. Same bug with Ubuntu. I could file a bug
report. Could you point me to the package that is relevant here? Thanks!