From unknown Sun Aug 17 10:26:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#59782: [version 1.4.0rc1] Add r8169 to unsupported hardware Resent-From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 59782 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 59782@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-guix@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.167000324730329 (code B ref -1); Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:48:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Dec 2022 17:47:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47939 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8E-0007t7-GI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:26 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:60382) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8C-0007t1-OD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:25 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8C-0003j8-IR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:24 -0500 Received: from relay.yourmailgateway.de ([185.244.194.184]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8A-0008Kk-F6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:23 -0500 Received: from relay01-mors.netcup.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay01-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP0kg62Tvz8tGy for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:07 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: relay01-mors.netcup.net; dkim=permerror (bad message/signature format) Received: from policy02-mors.netcup.net (unknown [46.38.225.35]) by relay01-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP0kg5cdcz8Lfb for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at policy02-mors.netcup.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.899 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.899 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from mxe217.netcup.net (unknown [10.243.12.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by policy02-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP0kg0VM3z8shC for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from florianrock64 (ip5b40a50f.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [91.64.165.15]) by mxe217.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF6149EFFD for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:02 +0100 (CET) From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:47:02 +0100 Message-ID: <877cz9zoix.fsf@pelzflorian.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: BF6149EFFD X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.60 / 15.00]; BAYES_HAM(-5.50)[100.00%]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/mixed,text/plain,text/x-patch]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:3209, ipnet:91.64.0.0/14, country:DE]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; HAS_ATTACHMENT(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd-worker-8404 X-NC-CID: j7nzYhdBoXIWX8pHcmp6y9goJSjkMb8qrJMRwYqxid3Zcg8xw3ugAOu9 Received-SPF: none client-ip=185.244.194.184; envelope-from=pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de; helo=relay.yourmailgateway.de X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) 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 (---) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Installation (guix substitute) sometimes gets stuck on my Beebox mini PC with r8169 Ethernet controller. For the x86_64 graphical installer, I selected everything. After it had downloaded plenty of other substitutes, installation printed this and got stuck: substitute: Liste der Substitute von =E2=80=9Ehttps://ci.guix.gnu.org=E2=80= =9C wird aktualisiert =E2=80=A6 100.0% 22,2 MB werden heruntergeladen cairo-1.16.0-doc 135KiB 616KiB/s 00:00 [##################] = 100.0% I waited 10 minutes. Booting the installer image again, it does not again get stuck. Installation was successful now. I propose this patch, but will retry some more if installation really never freezes with USB Ethernet. IIRC I had had similar problems with this Ethernet socket in the past. Note: I still need to test the patch. Regards, Florian --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=installer-Warn-about-r8169-Ethernet-controller.patch Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Florian Pelz Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:25:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] installer: Warn about r8169 Ethernet controller. Because guix substitute sometimes freezes. * gnu/installer/hardware.scm (%unsupported-linux-modules): Add it. --- gnu/installer/hardware.scm | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gnu/installer/hardware.scm b/gnu/installer/hardware.scm index cd1a1767d8..8e92949977 100644 --- a/gnu/installer/hardware.scm +++ b/gnu/installer/hardware.scm @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright =C2=A9 2022 Ludovic Court=C3=A8s +;;; Copyright =C2=A9 2022 Florian Pelz ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -55,7 +56,11 @@ (define %unsupported-linux-modules "radeon" =20 ;; Multimedia. - "ivtv")) + "ivtv" + + ;; Manual additions. + "r8169" ;works, but guix substitutes occasionally freezes + )) =20 (define unsupported-pci-device? ;; Arrange to load the module alias database only once. base-commit: 020184fd39c6244e0336db3c608d3946b8d20490 --=20 2.38.1 --=-=-=-- From unknown Sun Aug 17 10:26:04 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" Subject: bug#59782: closed (Re: bug#59782: [version 1.4.0rc1] Add r8169 to unsupported hardware) Message-ID: References: <87fsdvf9qj.fsf@pelzflorian.de> <877cz9zoix.fsf@pelzflorian.de> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 59782 X-Gnu-PR-Package: guix Reply-To: 59782@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 15:52:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1670169122-4567-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1670169122-4567-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #59782: [version 1.4.0rc1] Add r8169 to unsupported hardware which was filed against the guix package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 59782@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 59782: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D59782 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1670169122-4567-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 59782-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Dec 2022 15:51:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58347 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p1rH6-0001BQ-4n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 10:51:28 -0500 Received: from relay.yourmailgateway.de ([188.68.61.103]:40079) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p1rH2-0001BK-GJ for 59782-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 10:51:26 -0500 Received: from mors-relay-8403.netcup.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mors-relay-8403.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NQB4C1J1Kz8Fwn for <59782-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 4 Dec 2022 16:51:23 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: mors-relay-8403.netcup.net; dkim=permerror (bad message/signature format) Received: from policy01-mors.netcup.net (unknown [46.38.225.35]) by mors-relay-8403.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NQB4C0vZJz8Fm3 for <59782-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 4 Dec 2022 16:51:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at policy01-mors.netcup.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from mxe217.netcup.net (unknown [10.243.12.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by policy01-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NQB4B4pCgz8sYY for <59782-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 4 Dec 2022 16:51:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from florianrock64 (ip5b40a50f.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [91.64.165.15]) by mxe217.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C3E19E7BB for <59782-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 4 Dec 2022 16:51:17 +0100 (CET) From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" To: 59782-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#59782: [version 1.4.0rc1] Add r8169 to unsupported hardware References: <877cz9zoix.fsf@pelzflorian.de> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 16:51:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: <877cz9zoix.fsf@pelzflorian.de> (pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de's message of "Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:47:02 +0100") Message-ID: <87fsdvf9qj.fsf@pelzflorian.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 6C3E19E7BB X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.28 / 15.00]; BAYES_HAM(-4.18)[96.63%]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:3209, ipnet:91.64.0.0/14, country:DE]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd-worker-8404 X-NC-CID: /D/2Adv/kM18iEscHE6iadab3dMY4lV1vyDglM+w/YjnqKMYkBKvHuq6 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 59782-done 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: -1.0 (-) Having the installer show a warning here would *not* be appropriate. These r8169 issues are so rare, I haven=E2=80=99t met one since. Even though I believe the r8169 Ethernet was at fault, and guix substitute freezing also had happened to me in the past with it, and even though Linux-libre reports it as DEBLOBBED on every boot, I am closing. We don=E2=80=99t warn about sub-par nouveau graphics either. Regards, Florian ------------=_1670169122-4567-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Dec 2022 17:47:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47939 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8E-0007t7-GI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:26 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:60382) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8C-0007t1-OD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:25 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8C-0003j8-IR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:24 -0500 Received: from relay.yourmailgateway.de ([185.244.194.184]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1A8A-0008Kk-F6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:23 -0500 Received: from relay01-mors.netcup.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay01-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP0kg62Tvz8tGy for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:07 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: relay01-mors.netcup.net; dkim=permerror (bad message/signature format) Received: from policy02-mors.netcup.net (unknown [46.38.225.35]) by relay01-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP0kg5cdcz8Lfb for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at policy02-mors.netcup.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.899 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.899 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from mxe217.netcup.net (unknown [10.243.12.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by policy02-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP0kg0VM3z8shC for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from florianrock64 (ip5b40a50f.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [91.64.165.15]) by mxe217.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF6149EFFD for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:47:02 +0100 (CET) From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: [version 1.4.0rc1] Add r8169 to unsupported hardware Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:47:02 +0100 Message-ID: <877cz9zoix.fsf@pelzflorian.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: BF6149EFFD X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.60 / 15.00]; BAYES_HAM(-5.50)[100.00%]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/mixed,text/plain,text/x-patch]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:3209, ipnet:91.64.0.0/14, country:DE]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; HAS_ATTACHMENT(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd-worker-8404 X-NC-CID: j7nzYhdBoXIWX8pHcmp6y9goJSjkMb8qrJMRwYqxid3Zcg8xw3ugAOu9 Received-SPF: none client-ip=185.244.194.184; envelope-from=pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de; helo=relay.yourmailgateway.de X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) 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: -3.3 (---) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Installation (guix substitute) sometimes gets stuck on my Beebox mini PC with r8169 Ethernet controller. For the x86_64 graphical installer, I selected everything. After it had downloaded plenty of other substitutes, installation printed this and got stuck: substitute: Liste der Substitute von =E2=80=9Ehttps://ci.guix.gnu.org=E2=80= =9C wird aktualisiert =E2=80=A6 100.0% 22,2 MB werden heruntergeladen cairo-1.16.0-doc 135KiB 616KiB/s 00:00 [##################] = 100.0% I waited 10 minutes. Booting the installer image again, it does not again get stuck. Installation was successful now. I propose this patch, but will retry some more if installation really never freezes with USB Ethernet. IIRC I had had similar problems with this Ethernet socket in the past. Note: I still need to test the patch. Regards, Florian --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=installer-Warn-about-r8169-Ethernet-controller.patch Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Florian Pelz Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 18:25:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] installer: Warn about r8169 Ethernet controller. Because guix substitute sometimes freezes. * gnu/installer/hardware.scm (%unsupported-linux-modules): Add it. --- gnu/installer/hardware.scm | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gnu/installer/hardware.scm b/gnu/installer/hardware.scm index cd1a1767d8..8e92949977 100644 --- a/gnu/installer/hardware.scm +++ b/gnu/installer/hardware.scm @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright =C2=A9 2022 Ludovic Court=C3=A8s +;;; Copyright =C2=A9 2022 Florian Pelz ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -55,7 +56,11 @@ (define %unsupported-linux-modules "radeon" =20 ;; Multimedia. - "ivtv")) + "ivtv" + + ;; Manual additions. + "r8169" ;works, but guix substitutes occasionally freezes + )) =20 (define unsupported-pci-device? ;; Arrange to load the module alias database only once. base-commit: 020184fd39c6244e0336db3c608d3946b8d20490 --=20 2.38.1 --=-=-=-- ------------=_1670169122-4567-1--