Subject: bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:25:12 +0200

Hello!

Björn Höfling <[email-masked]> skribis:

> [env]$ git diff | more
> diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
> index 912096027f..3e692a5bdc 100644
> --- a/gnu/system/install.scm
> +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
> @@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m
>                   (target "/dev/sda")))
>      (label (string-append "GNU Guix installation "
>                            (package-version guix)))
> +    (initrd-modules (append (list "cirrus" "cirrusfb")
> +                          %base-initrd-modules))
>  
>      ;; XXX: The AMD Radeon driver is reportedly broken, which makes kmscon
>      ;; non-functional:
>
>
> Starting the newly built image:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 -vga cirrus -monitor stdio -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm -vnc :0 -cdrom /gnu/store/jxpfiagfscrvzjahixa8cx67c9pbqcka-image.iso
>
> And this looks good now :-)

Awesome!

> What I haven't done yet:
> 1. Use only "cirrus"
> 2. Use only "cirrusfb"
> 3. Try it out on my VPS.

Please let us know when you have feedback on these so we can add just
the module that makes sense.

Thank you!

Ludo’.