bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-14 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 08:20:09PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: >> 1.1.0rc2.5 works fine here! > > Thank you greatly for showing me uvesafb is not always harmless. :) Awesome, thank you for re-testing, Niels! Ludo’.

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-14 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 08:20:09PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: > 1.1.0rc2.5 works fine here! Thank you greatly for showing me uvesafb is not always harmless. :) Closing. Regards, Florian

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-14 Thread Niels Felsted
Hi Ludovic Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi Niels & Florian, > > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: >>> And testing Florians suggestions: >>> >>> setting 'nomodeset' kernel parameter -> screen displays fine >>> >>> setting 'mo

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-14 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Niels & Florian, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: >> And testing Florians suggestions: >> >> setting 'nomodeset' kernel parameter -> screen displays fine >> >> setting 'modprobe.blacklist=i915' kernel parameter -> screen

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-14 Thread Niels Felsted
Hi Ludovic and Florian Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi Niels, > > Niels Felsted skribis: > >> I have have installed guix on a old laptop from. I dd'ed the iso file: >> >> guix-system-install-1.1.0rc2.i686-linux.iso >> >> on a usb stick, and booted from it. >> >> It boots directly into a ncurses gu

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-14 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: > And testing Florians suggestions: > > setting 'nomodeset' kernel parameter -> screen displays fine > > setting 'modprobe.blacklist=i915' kernel parameter -> screen displays fine > > As mentioned before, I did manage to install guix

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 10:56:41PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > It’s a tough choice. We know what we’d lose with option #1, but we > don’t really know what we’d lose with option #2, right? >From my limited experience with my old machines and a friend’s recent machine, uvesafb was often helpful

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 11:06:50PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 04:02:00PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: > > The laptop is a Acer aspire 3680, with Intel Celeron cpu, 1.5gb ram > > and the following graphics card: > > Wait it’s Intel?? Sorry I misread. I thoug

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 04:02:00PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote: > The laptop is a Acer aspire 3680, with Intel Celeron cpu, 1.5gb ram > and the following graphics card: Wait it’s Intel?? Sorry I misread. I thought I had read AMD. It is an older machine, right? I do not know what kernel module i

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Florian, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > I wonder whether it’s better to > > 1) revert uvesafb and break other systems again, including other AMD > ones, > > 2) add modprobe.blacklist=amdgpu to the default kernel parameters, > although I’m not sure if uvesafb can replace amdgpu for ev

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 10:36:19PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Florian, could it be uvesafb messing with the graphics card? Yes, maybe, if amdgpu and uvesafb both try to modeset. Apparently yes, if it did not happen for rc1. Please try adding a kernel parameter modprobe.blacklist=amdgpu so o

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Niels, Niels Felsted skribis: > I have have installed guix on a old laptop from. I dd'ed the iso file: > > guix-system-install-1.1.0rc2.i686-linux.iso > > on a usb stick, and booted from it. > > It boots directly into a ncurses gui, but the screen is distorted and > it is not possible to read

bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable

2020-04-13 Thread Niels Felsted
Hello I have have installed guix on a old laptop from. I dd'ed the iso file: guix-system-install-1.1.0rc2.i686-linux.iso on a usb stick, and booted from it. It boots directly into a ncurses gui, but the screen is distorted and it is not possible to read anything. I have attached an image showin