Xenial: Package 'firmware-amd-graphics' has no installation candidate
by mrmazda from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4ZN96)
This is about a system migration, where a Foxconn motherboard died and was replaced with an Asus, same CPU and RAM, but a lot of differences. Some necessary reconfiguration is obviously missing, as ip a finds only the loopback device, /dev/dri/ is missing, vtty framebuffers are using 1024x768, and X is using FBDEV instead of modesetting or radeon.
dmesg
Xorg.0.log
/etc/sources.list:Code:# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partnerCode:# apt install firmware-amd-graphics
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package firmware-amd-graphics is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'firmware-amd-graphics' has no installation candidate
#This looks like the crux of the problem:Code:Module Size Used by
ata_generic 16384 0
pata_acpi 16384 0
serio_raw 16384 0I don't understand how this could be given the nearly 40MB size of each of the initrds, and installed headers and modules packages for each installed linux-image.
Debian Stretch on same PC is working just fine, while Bionic is similarly deficient WRT GPU and firmware-amd-graphics, but has functional networking. Can someone please tell me what I've done wrong, or not done, that apt cannot find needed firmware, and most needed modules are not getting loaded?


dmesg
Xorg.0.log
/etc/sources.list:Code:# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partnerCode:# apt install firmware-amd-graphics
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package firmware-amd-graphics is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'firmware-amd-graphics' has no installation candidate
#This looks like the crux of the problem:Code:Module Size Used by
ata_generic 16384 0
pata_acpi 16384 0
serio_raw 16384 0I don't understand how this could be given the nearly 40MB size of each of the initrds, and installed headers and modules packages for each installed linux-image.
Debian Stretch on same PC is working just fine, while Bionic is similarly deficient WRT GPU and firmware-amd-graphics, but has functional networking. Can someone please tell me what I've done wrong, or not done, that apt cannot find needed firmware, and most needed modules are not getting loaded?