I am running LMDE-6. When I boot, I get these errors:
EC ID not detected
0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load amdgpu/gc_11_0_2_mes_2.bin (-2)
How do I solve this? And since I am not a savvy Linux user, please keep it simple. I have read a couple of threads on this and got totally confused.
…why LMDE?
Linux Mint looks identical and is better supported. Use the Edge version. Or the new LM 22 Beta, which works fine.
LMDE is more of an ongoing experiment. It uses an old 6.1 kernel, newer than LM 21.2, older than Edge and much older than LM 22 Beta. Drivers are not likely to be well-integrated or new enough for the FW 16.
Update your GPU firmware from upstream.
You can clone the tree
And then replace the stuff in the amdgpu directory in /lib/firmware with those contents.
But that being said you are probably better off sticking with supported distros if you don’t know Linux much. There are other problems with Debian you’re going to run into due to outdated software.
@Fraoch, I’ve had too many problems with Mint. Constant crashes, etc. I got so tired of it that I went back to the other guys. I have used LMDE on my desktop with very few problems. When I got my FW16, I tried other distros. I just liked LMDE the best. I’ve had a few problems here and there, and I rely on the communities to help me fix them.
BTW: The current kernel is 6.6.13+bpo-amd64.
Besides the updated firmware you’ll also need to update power profiles daemon to 0.21 release and upgrade to a kernel with the amd-pmf kernel module built for it. Older stuff will consume way too much power.