On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 04:26:52PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater composed on 2021-07-06 12:56 (UTC): > > > Try installing firmware-misc-nonfree which will pull in > > firmware-amd-graphics > > I think. > > > I normally install firmware-linux-free firmware-linux-nonfree > > firmware-misc-nonfree - that covers all bases. > > > The AMD firmware is not in the standard firmware-linux-nonfree, from memory. > > > It's installed on my HP Microserver which is also Matrox G200 > > > Matrox has absolutely nothing to do with AMD except that they both "provide" > (manufacture?) graphics devices. If your HP G200e is working, then so should > Chris' be able to as well. > You may be right - but I found that installing the AMD frimware solved something for me. I've two HP Microserver Gen 8 machines here. Fonts maybe.
> The G200e is a special evolution of the original G200/G400/G450/G550/G650 > series > that last I knew was no longer supported upstream since KMS matured. AFAIK, > the > G200e was supposedly the only chip supported by MGA X driver patches intended > to > keep X viable on HP servers without anyone willing to provide kernel support > for > KMS on Matrox. > > I do have the MGA driver xserver-xorg-video-mga dysfunctional on (an AGP) > G550 in > i686 Bullseye by disabling KMS via nomodeset on, and adding iomem=relaxed to, > the > kernel command line, without installing firmware-misc-nonfree. The > dysfunction is > the screen blanks momentarily at random times, but is otherwise normal as > long as > xrandr is not needed to configure the screen. Installing firmware-misc-nonfree > doesn't help. > -- > Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, > based on faith, not based on science. > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata > Good news, then - apparently 5.10 now supports this better with KMS and will also support the non-server G200 on Matrox cards https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.10-Matrox-G200 All the best, as ever, Andy Cater