Complement : loading a previous version (from the same sources) of the kernel, but without being patched, seems to work:
me@MyMachine~ $ dmesg | grep i915 [ 2.016454] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem [ 2.016960] [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_01.bin (v1.1) [ 2.029825] [drm] HuC: Loaded firmware i915/kbl_huc_ver02_00_1810.bin (version 2.0) [ 2.040335] [drm] GuC: Loaded firmware i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin (version 9.14) [ 2.054780] i915 0000:00:02.0: GuC submission enabled (firmware i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin [version 9.14]) [ 2.055282] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20171023 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 [ 2.514905] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device [ 9.433635] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) => i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin => i915/kbl_huc_ver02_00_1810.bin So, IMHO, the Intel blob had no problem at all, and it was maybe simply an issue caused by the server on Intel site uname -a : Linux MintPro 4.15.21 #2 SMP Thu Apr 4 00:38:03 CEST 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux HTH -- qɔᴉɹə L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org (dérivé d'OpenOffice) https://framagit.org/ericb/miniDart (logiciel Handball) https://github.com/ebachard (logiciels variés) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728238 Title: update-initramfs not adding i915 GuC firmware for Kaby Lake, firmware fails to load To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/1728238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
