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[73.167.118.254]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 185sm1926771qkm.111.2020.06.25.17.51.41 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:51:41 -0700 (PDT) User-agent: mu4e 1.4.10; emacs 26.3 From: George Clemmer To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: installer: "invisible" screens, partitioning step fail Message-ID: <85o8p9e0p0.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:51:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::f2a; envelope-from=myglc2@gmail.com; helo=mail-qv1-xf2a.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit 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: -2.1 (--) Hello, Recently (June 5, 2020) I tried to use the Graphical Installer to re-install Guix System on a headless server (ASRock MT-C224 mother board with NVME system disk). I hit two problems: 1) The installer screens were not visible on the VGA port. However TTYs 3-6 worked just fine. With #guix IRC help I discovered that if I ... hit ctr-alt-del hit "e" when "GRUB LOADING!" appeared ... ... when the linux command line appeard, added "nomodeset" between "quiet" and "modprob ..." ... hit Ctrl-x the installer screens became visible. FWIW, VGA on this server is provided by an ASPEED AST2300 "server management processor". 2) The installer seemed to work until the "Partitioning method" step. After selecting "Guided - use the entire disk" nothing more happend. I rebooted and selected "Manual" partitioning and got the same result. In both cases it was possible to exit the partitioning step and cycle through previous selections in an "endless loop". FWIW, I had no problem proceeding with the install manually. I believe a recent guix-help post also reports this problem ... https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-06/msg00136.html Happy to provide additional details or recreate the "crime" if needed. George From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Nov 12 11:39:25 2022 Received: (at 42054) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Nov 2022 16:39:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48862 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ottXR-0006uz-D0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:39:25 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48740) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ottXP-0006ul-Ly for 42054@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:39:23 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ottXK-0001hF-3d; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:39:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:To: From; bh=y2arC2oSa/oMJkpsiAjmrY6NpqhIFlx8QFb1uPPt/Cg=; b=shqzMhAx2kUUFHFaP62Y +t5zR/hF6g20t8rcVYuo21QdgtPjraLR2UMeyLFLW5VNbmzA+7AkUGk+8HOgtN4vXJjOPotZfs3Jg DbP4Tb5SsIp3qvR1bsNbcyTeSgvPXrUPFF0YdBuUQ7SPU7+Rq/O4230amFMYzSmntAq09pwLTUZUg hS+u4bFEvQqn0Hy5r3f978OKFwObuJvWM/4eZJCXmXW4ZngsWRMBGGQVawJBWc89sQC1ZEuScWIoU 0ic3Veu1zj/9bxnAD8eZuozI/L5RjhKZfQAHKUy6wmt1J6ODOIDRAwIG9rH6tvpPlAhCso1zRCDJA 00Gk4NECUF+ZBA==; Received: from 2a02-8429-81d2-3d01-94c9-8097-ea5c-2775.rev.sfr.net ([2a02:8429:81d2:3d01:94c9:8097:ea5c:2775] helo=meije) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ottX9-0007Xo-H5; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:39:17 -0500 From: Mathieu Othacehe To: George Clemmer Subject: Re: bug#42054: installer: "invisible" screens, partitioning step fail References: <85o8p9e0p0.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:39:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: <85o8p9e0p0.fsf@gmail.com> (George Clemmer's message of "Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:51:40 -0400") Message-ID: <87pmdsunyt.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42054 Cc: 42054@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, Sorry for the very late reply. We recently added a bunch of error reporting features to the installer. Any chance you still have the hardware around and would be able to test again using the latest installation image available here: https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/. That would be super useful for us :) Thanks, Mathieu