Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

>On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>> Acer Aspire E15, running Jessie (latest).
>>
>> At boot, it bleats: "drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* radeon kernel
>> modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware-linux-nonfree" so I
>> installed it with "apt-get install ...", but it made no difference.
>> What else needs to be done?

On 12.07.17 11:44, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>Odd...  I repeated the command, and this time it worked.  I hate that, as
>it didn't actually identify the problem.

did you reboot after installing the firmware?
It's possible that after FW installation problem won't appear again
(I hate this kind of problems too)

>> Also, the WiFi does not work on 5GHz; is there an update for that?
>
>The 802.11b/g/n still doesn't see my 5GHz AP (but my obsolete MacBook
>does).

I think that one requires firmware-atheros, did you install this one?