GNU bug report logs - #40590
Installer crashes while partitioning hard disk > 1 TiB

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Package: guix;

Reported by: "Keyhenge" <key <at> keyhenge.xyz>

Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 03:28:02 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Mathieu Othacehe <mathieu <at> cervin.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>

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Message #33 received at 40590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Keyhenge <key <at> keyhenge.xyz>
Cc: 40590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#40590:
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 20:17:29 +0200

On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 01:47:11PM -0400, Keyhenge wrote:
> The amd option didn't work, but nomodeset allowed me to get to a shell,
> at which point I could start experimenting with various settings to see
> if I could get a graphical environment. I finally did by switching over
> to the proprietary kernel (which points to a graphical driver issue with
> AMD Navi cards in the libre kernel), but that's obviously less than ideal.
> 

If you have no problems sacrificing all the acceleration by your AMD
GPU, you can try using libre uvesafb for Xorg graphics.  What I wrote
at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2020-04/msg00320.html>
was not necessary there but maybe is in your case.  That said, this
situation is far from ideal, but I don’t think the AMD firmware will
be freed (if there is no other way).

Regards,
Florian
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