From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri May 24 13:00:59 2019 Received: (at 35875) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 May 2019 17:00:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47215 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hUDYw-00034N-Vi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 May 2019 13:00:59 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34384) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hUDYu-0002xC-Ok for 35875@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 May 2019 13:00:57 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:43157) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUDYo-0004ic-Uo; Fri, 24 May 2019 13:00:50 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=37200 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hUDYn-0008CZ-Sj; Fri, 24 May 2019 13:00:50 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Reg Subject: Re: bug#35875: Guix won't boot after installation with fully encrypted disk References: <138779ab-830b-32a9-e64a-e1fccabf90ab@disroot.org> Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 19:00:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <138779ab-830b-32a9-e64a-e1fccabf90ab@disroot.org> (reg@disroot.org's message of "Thu, 23 May 2019 23:41:40 +0200") Message-ID: <87pno7rdmn.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 35875 Cc: 35875@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hello, Reg skribis: > Note: There was some discussion about this on IRC a couple of weeks ago. > > Guix won't boot on my ThinkPad T430 after an installation with fully encr= ypted disk: > > * First, at the end of the installation, I'm getting the following error = message multiple times: "device-mapper: remove ioctl on cryptroot failed: D= evice or resource busy" These messages are annoying but really harmless. > * On boot, I am being prompted for the encryption key. So far so good. Th= e Grub menu is then displayed and disappears after a few seconds =E2=80=93 = as it should =E2=80=93 after which the computer is stuck on the Grub Weird. Does your compute have an AMD graphics card that could lead the kernel (KMS) to wreck havoc during initialization? Did you have hardware-related problems with other free GNU/Linux distros on this machine before? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.