Error when enabling graphics acceleration in Debian 10
 

It seems that the graphics acceleration is not activated, because the videos in VLC run freezing. And every time I start the system, this error appears:

[ 13.207948] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
[ 13.387375] radeon 0000:01:05.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/R300_cp.bin (-2)
[ 13.387423] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for informat ion about missing firmware
[ 13.387462] radeon 0000:01:05.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/R300_cp.bin failed with error -2
[ 13.387687] [drm:r100_cp_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
[ 13.387725] radeon 0000:01:05.0: failed initializing CP (-2).
[ 13.387761] radeon 0000:01:05.0: Disabling GPU acceleration
[ 13.387801] [drm] radeon: cp finalized
[ 13.394503] [drm:radeon_get_legacy_connector_info_from_bios [radeon]] *ERROR* Unknown connector type: 8

My video card is: Ati Radeon Xpress 200
Sorry for the "weird" English, I'm using a translator.

Hi,

it seems that you should install firmware-amd-graphics to provide radeon/R300_cp.bin
Eg.
For this to work you will need to have the non-free repository enabled. Eg a line like
in /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

You may find other helpful information (perhaps in your native language?) at the link provided in the error message:
https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware

Evo2.

An error is appearing when I type "apt-get update":

E: Type 'http://ftp.debian.org/debian' is not know on line 23 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

An error is appearing when I type "apt-get update":

E: Type 'http://ftp.debian.org/debian' is not known on line 22 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

The repository is giving an error:

Err:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/non-free Release
404 Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:2564:a119::148:12 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/non-free Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Then use one that is.
How about:
?
P.S. It is best to provide the actual error message.
P.P.S Yes that line I posted in my first reply is clearly wrong... sorry.

I typed "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free" in the sources.list and is now giving this error:

W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:7 and /etc/apt/sources.list:23

Hi,

deleting line 7 of your /etc/apt/sources.list will likely fix the problem.

However, please post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file so we can check to make sure.

Evo2.

My sources.list:

#

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.6.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20200926-10:16]/ buster main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.6.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20200926-10:16]/ buster main

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main

# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free

Hi,

ok last line duplicates the the "main" repo that is already defined on line 7. So to fix it you can remove the last line and add "contrib non-free" to the end of line 7. You should probably add them to the other lines too.

So your sources.list should look like:
Then run
Evo2.

I have the same IGP working here:

It worked, the graphics acceleration is working correctly.

Is this message normal at system startup?

[drm:radeon_get_legacy_connector_info_from_bios [radeon]] *ERROR* Unknown connector type: 8

Hi,

Great.
From a quick google search it seems like it may be a bios bug and that it is not really a problem.

Evo2.