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Szerző: Fred
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On 1/24/21 1:35 AM, tito via Dng wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:27:13 -0700
> Fred <fred@???> wrote:
>
>> 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"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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> Hi, did you install:
>
> xserver-xorg-video-intel
> X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver ?
>
> Ciao,
> Tito
>
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Hi,

I received a reply off list on how to find the missing
skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin. It is in firmware-misc-nonfree which I installed.

I installed xserver-xorg-video-intel then rebooted and X started up like
magic!

Thanks for the help!
Best regards,
Fred