From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 14 14:43:00 2020 Received: (at 40599) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Apr 2020 18:43:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34803 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jOQWS-0000Ad-7o for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:43:00 -0400 Received: from thuja.dk ([195.192.249.221]:42516) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jOQAM-00082G-Qj for 40599@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:20:12 -0400 Received: from localhost (archer.lan [172.16.2.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by thuja.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 635BB3141477; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:20:09 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pdlkrft.eu; s=201805; t=1586888409; bh=PL33ke21/xruhD6WKHAJwa0TkgEdmkt+pQhT8gVjJqo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=U0f7Dd3C3RvdwGVWjLI2xVfQw853SkKIiTc6wAMCvugdFnbJFHc4Sm1cgtWqFutkj CWoQHnVGO50OcqyEccli9lX8T406AjL9Q0vKlp6ScA0fkMPGzjH31EZBdDkPW7fmwW x2yKOURKoU98CnaiPR8Tg9OL3fwQL8dq2aQzi9azJb705pXEyqK1DF1e4TzGwhFdWJ 97tX5lsf52rD4gyw+vYZqYxfKU2DLApIo3l7OiQXGhfGblnuUxvNbrusuVhk45nlVU u4tRPqFflS5nq5/KHCx1+ZkKiHdDkCfu4FPUAkKzMt1fnTrFk1pmAqPD9eMizqCnQ/ bX1qdUg2/8n7A== From: Niels Felsted To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: bug#40599: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable References: <871rorxzpw.fsf@ficus.lan> <87pncb3yyk.fsf@gnu.org> <871roqusha.fsf@ficus.lan> <20200414132200.ikfbj2famdaamfbd@pelzflorian.localdomain> <87a73evzu3.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:20:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87a73evzu3.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:42:12 +0200") Message-ID: <87d08aszdy.fsf@ficus.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40599 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:42:59 -0400 Cc: 40599@debbugs.gnu.org, "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" 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: -0.5 (/) Hi Ludovic Ludovic Court=C3=A8s 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: >>>=20 >>> setting 'nomodeset' kernel parameter -> screen displays fine >>>=20 >>> setting 'modprobe.blacklist=3Di915' kernel parameter -> screen displays= fine >>>=20 >>> As mentioned before, I did manage to install guix via tty3 (without >>> setting any kernel parameters), and it boots up fine with >>> gdm3/xfce4. So it is only the initial boot from the install iso that's >>> distorted. >> >> Thank you for the testing! Xorg working confirms that uvesafb really >> is the source of the problem. This is good to know. I have hope that >> this issue is fixed by commit 0ad60b2a89d6d387236466e0bcdd61ac489fca37 >> that loads uvesafb only if it cannot already detect a frame buffer >> device. I do not have a downloadable image for confirming the fix >> though. > > Niels, here=E2=80=99s a new ISO image built from commit > bd4c345ef7ddf3542662fe0872b06393b414a3fc, which includes Florian=E2=80=99= s fix. > > https://web.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/software/guix/1.1.0rc2.5/ > > Could you simply boot that image, without any additional kernel > arguments, and confirm that the installer now displays correctly? (You > don=E2=80=99t need to run the actual install.) 1.1.0rc2.5 works fine here! br Niels