On 1/23/21 6:02 PM, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:53:15 -0700
> Fred <fred@???> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I installed Beowulf amd64 netinst and then installed Xorg and openbox
>> with apt-get. Startx grinds for a while then exits with an error.
>> Here is the end of the Xorg.0.log file:
>>
>> [261220.123] (==) modeset(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
>> [261220.123] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
>> [261220.123] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
>> [261220.123] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
>> [261220.123] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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>
> Is this running inside a VM, or are you perhaps just lacking the
> drivers for the GPU?
>
> libre Grüße,
> Florian
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Hi,

No VM, it is just a fresh install on a new MB and new hard drive.

If it needed special drivers for video wouldn't there be a missing
firmware message? I believe some firmware for Ethernet is missing but
it works ok without it. What would GPU firmware do?

I just looked through dmesg log. It says:
i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin
is missing. This appears to be for runtime power management.
The network firmware:
rtl_nic/rt18168h-2.fw
is missing but the Ethernet is working ok.

Best regards,
Fred