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spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 74A542C7CA X-Spam-Score: 5.86 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: xJXeovcjsR+B On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:50:02 +0200 "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 07:48:52PM +0200, raingloom wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:31:15 +0200 > > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" wrote: > > =20 > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 05:32:38PM +0200, raingloom wrote: =20 > > > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:44:58 +0200 > > > > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" > > > > wrote: =20 > > > > >[=E2=80=A6] > > > > > I believe uvesafb makes the graphics work on any > > > > > x86_64 or x86 machine, so no save-graphics GRUB entry is > > > > > needed. But maybe I=E2=80=99m wrong and uvesafb isn=E2=80=99t a p= anacea. > > > > >[=E2=80=A6] =20 > > > > Hmm, it did end up working, even without the amdgpu trick. > > > > Finally had an excuse to try the TUI installer. > > > > I guess we can close this for now, but I still think that a safe > > > > graphics mode could be a good idea. =20 > > >=20 > > > Is there reason to believe installer=E2=80=99s graphics don=E2=80=99t= work on > > > some PC? =20 > >=20 > > I have laptops with fried GPUs that still somewhat work with > > nomodeset. For rescue images, a no-graphics or nomodeset graphics > > mode is definitely useful, because graphics is often the reason > > booting is broken. =20 >=20 > I presume this would need changes to the API described at `info > "(guix)Bootloader Configuration"` to generate each boot.cfg menu-entry > repeatedly with different boot options, >=20 > or it would need a custom copy of grub-bootloader with said changes to > boot.cfg generation, >=20 > or a new feature to, as you wrote, include multiple operating system > fields in the same image. >=20 > Anyway, I wouldn=E2=80=99t be implementing it. I will close this bug rep= ort > in a few days. >=20 > Regards, > Florian Okay so I'm doing some more experimentation and a lot of times the installer really does not show up. It certainly shows up more often when I add nomodeset and if I remember correctly I may have been using nomodeset during the previous succesful installs too. So IMHO this should be kept open.