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#1 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-29 23:07:03
@stargate-sg1-cheyenne Devuan worked fine on the iGPU. But the point of the laptop is to be a mobile workstation so for my use-case it doesn't cut it.
@kapqa
"amd gpu probe not found: -22" or some such.
A bloody black screen for a few minutes is pretty obvious to spot. Not sure what the confusion is. Or, maybe you're confused on how I know it works fine on the iGPU. Well, that's simple, too: I removed the dGPU and, low and behold, Devuan loaded fine.
Those drivers are the only drivers I know of outside of package repositories. If you know of another driver provider elsewhere I'd love to hear about it.
And if you want to not look like a fool, try (1) _not_ being a patronizing ignoramus and (2) not relying on AI for your information.
#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-28 02:18:40
Well, the manufacturer sent me a new mainboard which did not change much. However after looking more closely it looks like the dGPU I have is only supported for RHEL and Ubuntu flavored distros, meaning Devuan is out. :C
At least I'm enjoying Devuan on my old ThinkPad. Runs like a dream on that thing!
#3 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-14 03:48:54
Update: The manufacturer had me reset the mainboard which had no effect.
I did notice that Devuan (and pretty much every other distro I tried) launched correctly with the dGPU un-deployed. I will try installing Devuan 7 as @kapqa recommended.
#4 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-09 23:52:15
Update: a programmer friend of mine did some research and it's likely that the real issue is that Linux is struggling with two GPUs being mounted. Apparently this is a known issue with Framework laptops running Linux. Will update with the response from the manufacturer once I have it.
#5 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-09 23:28:53
@delgado
Yes, the firmware package for AMD graphics was installed. I also downloaded and installed the GPU-specific driver from the AMD website and installed it but to no avail.
Now that the manufacturer has confirmed that it is neither a dual-boot issue nor a distro-specific issue they've elevated the support ticket. I took a peek at the diagnostic file they had me generate and discovered that Pop!_OS was actually falling back onto the iGPU. So most likely the other distributions that worked were also automatically falling back onto the iGPU, so the issue is not distro-specific.
#6 Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-09 05:29:56
- forsoothplays
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Hi, all.
Recently wanted to adopt Devuan as the Linux side of my dual-boot setup on my new Framework 16 with a dGPU. However, I've found that Devuan (and most other Linux distros) are having difficulty loading the firmware for my dGPU ever since I updated the BIOS from the version shipped with the hardware (3.04) to the latest stable version (4.01). Because of this I was able to load Devuan successfully booting with the `nomodeset` option, but into a black screen when booting normally.
I am already in a conversation with Framework support. But I am posting the same information I am giving them here in case anybody here can give further insight on whether I can get Devuan working as I would really like to use Devuan specifically.
Hardware:
- Win11 on drive 1
- <Linux> on drive 0
- CPU: AMD AI 9 HX 370
- GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7700S
Build:
https://frame.work/share-my-laptop?token=d458aeececb
The manufacturer suggests that dual-booting with Windows might be causing the problem, but I just got done troubleshooting this (removing the storage drives and booting from live usb sessions) and this does not seem to be a factor.
The problem is not unique to Devuan but I am asking here because ideally Devuan is the distro I want to use.
Distributions that load the firmware correctly (first value with storage drives deployed, second value storage drives undeployed)
Artix: false, false
Fedora: true, true
Pop!_OS: true, prolly*
EndeavourOS: false, false
*This was installed on the drive at the time and I only have three flash drives to work with. Since Pop!_OS loads correctly with the drives deployed I assume it loads correctly with the drives undeployed.
N.B. Fedora, Pop!_OS, and EndeavourOS are listed as supported distributions by the manufacturer.
Any help troubleshooting this would be appreciated. Thank you.
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