GNU bug report logs - #65572
Black screen in installer

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Iku-Tulo Vilutar <ikutulovilutar <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 23:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Iku-Tulo Vilutar <ikutulovilutar <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Black screen in installer
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:40:41 +0300

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Hello,

I'm trying to install Guix system on an i386 laptop. When the installer
should reach the GUI, only a black screen is displayed.

I tried to boot by editing Linux boot parameters in GRUB and set
`nomodeset` and removed `quiet`. Now without `quiet` I saw the following
messages before the black screen:

```
intelfb: Version 0.9.6
intelfb: Cannot reserve FB region
```

Then I tried `nomodeset video=uvesafb` Linux parameters and the GUI now
rendered. I don't know if these work as a global workaround for other
machines, should they be documented in the installation instructions?

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