https://labs.parabola.nu/https://labs.parabola.nu/favicon.ico?15367742552019-01-18T15:10:23ZParabola Issue TrackerPackages - Bug #2091: Regression: AMD Radeon R5 230 unsupported since kernel 4.14https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2091?journal_id=110562019-01-18T15:10:23ZGNUtooGNUtoo@cyberdimension.org
<ul></ul><p>Some questions:<br />- Can you make sure that it worked before without the firmware?<br />- What worked before? Did 3D acceleration work, or only 2D? Were the Radeon kernel and Xorg drivers loaded?</p>
<p>Some background information:<br />- Upstream Linux made sure that the Radeon driver would not load if you don't load the fimrwares. Because of that, linux-libre has to patch the Radeon driver to make sure that it loads without the nonfree firwmares. The patches are GPU specific, and so it's possible that linux-libre needs to add a patch for your GPU. It's trivial to do but last time I worked on that they required me to test it for the GPUs it would be enabled for, and I didn't have all the ATI/AMD GPUs.</p> Packages - Bug #2091: Regression: AMD Radeon R5 230 unsupported since kernel 4.14https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2091?journal_id=110582019-01-18T18:08:06Zdllud
<ul></ul><p>Thanks a lot for looking into this!</p>
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<p>- Can you make sure that it worked before without the firmware?</p>
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<p>Linux-libre 4.13 does not have a separate firmware package. How should I test that?</p>
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<p>- What worked before?</p>
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<p>Pretty much everything: 2D and 3D. Both Radeon kernel and Xorg drivers get loaded.<br />I have just tested it now with parabola-openrc-lxde-dual-netinstall-2017.11.05.iso (kernel 4.13.11-gnu-1): I can get into LXDE and run glxgears smoothly.</p>
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<p>it's possible that linux-libre needs to add a patch for your GPU</p>
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<p>Umm... that does not seem to be the case. As I detailed above, I am able to run X (and glxgears) on Debian with the 4.18 kernel from Jason Self's APT Repository for Linux-libre. I purged the Debian base kernel to make sure there were no firmwares in the system.</p>