From 272245c0b08c2c2f357f4fea0cec0ab7f09cc6cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cyril Brulebois Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 07:22:35 +0200 Subject: Mention the black screen possibility (See: #989863, #991627). And use an xref pointing at the section added in the previous commit. v2: Apply suggestion by Holger Wansing, thanks! --- en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'en') diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index bd2193046..04411b800 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -401,10 +401,18 @@ so-called firmware or microcode to be loaded into the device before it can become operational. This is most common for network interface cards (especially wireless NICs), but for example some USB devices and even some hard disk controllers also require firmware. + + + With many graphics cards, basic functionality is available without additional firmware, but the use of advanced features requires an appropriate firmware file to be installed in the system. +In some cases, a successful installation can still end up in a black +screen or garbled display when rebooting into the installed system. If +that happens, some workarounds can be tried to log in anyway (see +). + On many older devices which require firmware to work, the firmware file was -- cgit v1.2.3