You need to install the firmware-linux-nonfree package. I think I just downloaded it manually, because the package was not installable from the hppa repo directly. But you're on a wild goose chase here. There is no support for graphics acceleration on hppa64. Search the archives. I've played with both ATI and NVIDIA cards, both drivers fail during firmware initialisation. The problem is not yet known, and from the archives it appears several competent individuals have tinkered and given up. -G On 1 April 2016 at 19:58, Simone Mannori <simone.mannori@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > after a complete "dist-update" I have successfully booted with a full > working SMP kernel: > > simone@blsw:~$ uname -a > Linux blsw 4.4.0-1-parisc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 4.4.6-1 (2016-03-17) > parisc64 GNU/Linux > > Switching to "graph3" console, the kernel hangs when it tried to > initialize the video card firmware. It said: r300 firmware not > available. > > The very same issue happens with two ATI video cards: a Fire GL T2 and > a FireGL X3. > > Now I have installed an old AGP NVIDIA; "lspci" produces > .... > 80:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV11GL [Quadro2 > MXR/EX/Go] (rev a1) > .... > > With this NVIA, everythings run fine: boot OK, MATE desktop perfect, > monitor automatically configured, etc. > > During the first installation from serial terminal, after the > automatic hardware detection, the installation program asked for the > firmware of R300 video card (not embedded in the ditstro because > proprietary software). I have aswered "NO" becasue I donìt have this > sofware. > Usually, this binary blob should be included in the Linux kernel; or I > have missed something ? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Simone Mannori - Italy > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
