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Fw: [Issue] GuixSD won't boot in UEFI mode

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From: amar <radamar <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Fw: [Issue] GuixSD won't boot in UEFI mode
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:28:54 -0500

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Hi,

I have an issue with guixSD installation.

I tried to install GuixSD 0.14 x86_64 on my machine. The installation media didn't boot in the uefi mode which is to say the startup messages showed this is the error message:
"fb: switching to amdgpudrmfb from EFI VGA"
So i couldn't get any futher. But surprisingly the bios mode booted fine.

I have an AMD Ryzen 1600 CPU, RX580 GPU and 8 GBs of RAM.
https://gist.github.com/radamar/c98765c27ba318f6be087941da6a8e96

I would like to run guixSD on my main computer.

thanks,
amar

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From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: amar <radamar <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 30751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30751: Fw: [Issue] GuixSD won't boot in UEFI mode
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 21:13:51 +0100

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Hi,

thank you for the report!  This is definitely a problem.

It seems that the Linux kernel already started up so this is not a bootloader
problem but rather a problem with the Linux kernel.  There have been lots and
LOTS of amdgpudrmfb changes in the Linux kernel lately - but our GuixSD
release is pretty old.

There should be a new release soon - the 0.14.0 release is from Dec 2017 and
the Linux kernel from back then had some problem modesetting AMD cards.

See also https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/211260/grub-2-error-fb-switching-to-radeondrmfb-from-efi-vga

As a workaround,

(1) Wait until the grub menu shows up
(2) Press e
(3) Go to the end of the line which says "linux"
(4) Add a space
(5) Add nomodeset
(6) Press F10

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: amar <radamar <at> protonmail.com>, 30751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30751: Fw: [Issue] GuixSD won't boot in UEFI mode
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:29:05 +0200

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amar <radamar <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have an issue with guixSD installation.
>
> I tried to install GuixSD 0.14 x86_64 on my machine. The installation media didn't boot in the uefi mode which is to say the startup messages showed this is the error message:
> "fb: switching to amdgpudrmfb from EFI VGA"
> So i couldn't get any futher. But surprisingly the bios mode booted fine.
>
> I have an AMD Ryzen 1600 CPU, RX580 GPU and 8 GBs of RAM.
> https://gist.github.com/radamar/c98765c27ba318f6be087941da6a8e96
>
> I would like to run guixSD on my main computer.

Hi Amar,

I believe this is fixed in the latest release (1.0.1), can you confirm?

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Message #14 received at 30751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Amar Singh <radamar <at> protonmail.com>
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: "30751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <30751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#30751: Fw: [Issue] GuixSD won't boot in UEFI mode
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:00:27 +0000

Hi Marius,

This is quite old. Happy camper on GuixSD these days! :)
I haven't tested 1.0.1 ISOs but 1.0.1 runs fine.

I think the bug can be closed.

Thanks,
Amar<nly <at> disroot.org>


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On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:29 PM, Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> wrote:

> amar radamar <at> protonmail.com writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have an issue with guixSD installation.
> > I tried to install GuixSD 0.14 x86_64 on my machine. The installation media didn't boot in the uefi mode which is to say the startup messages showed this is the error message:
> > "fb: switching to amdgpudrmfb from EFI VGA"
> > So i couldn't get any futher. But surprisingly the bios mode booted fine.
> > I have an AMD Ryzen 1600 CPU, RX580 GPU and 8 GBs of RAM.
> > https://gist.github.com/radamar/c98765c27ba318f6be087941da6a8e96
> > I would like to run guixSD on my main computer.
>
> Hi Amar,
>
> I believe this is fixed in the latest release (1.0.1), can you confirm?

Message #19 received at 30751-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Amar Singh <radamar <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: "30751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <30751-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#30751: Fw: [Issue] GuixSD won't boot in UEFI mode
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:46:01 +0200

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Amar Singh <radamar <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> Hi Marius,
>
> This is quite old. Happy camper on GuixSD these days! :)
> I haven't tested 1.0.1 ISOs but 1.0.1 runs fine.
>
> I think the bug can be closed.

Cool, thanks for confirming.  Closing the issue!  :-)

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