From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Vollmert Subject: bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:17:21 +0200 Message-ID: <7F8DEC16-76B6-483B-A657-D9E30B46F779@vllmrt.net> References: <20190625002420.27685559@alma-ubu> <87v9wtn4u9.fsf@gnu.org> <36FEF9C6-B901-4E6B-920B-00E545A10279@vllmrt.net> <20190625170603.176cb07b@alma-ubu> <20190625155439.hmzw4s6o2pxhwyiw@pelzflorian.localdomain> <20190626185141.3e4639de@alma-ubu> <20190626202351.s2km4b4zt7uwdob7@pelzflorian.localdomain> <73149751-082E-4EB6-89CB-7E242830BDBF@vllmrt.net> <87zhlab5hc.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7danfos.fsf@netris.org> <87pnm495t3.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39613) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hor7a-0005YB-TH for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:18:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hor7Z-0007PR-Se for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:18:02 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hor7Z-0007PI-Pw for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:18:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hor7Z-0008Up-Kl for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:18:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87pnm495t3.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 36069@debbugs.gnu.org > On 20. Jul 2019, at 15:47, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >=20 > Hi Mark, >=20 > Mark H Weaver skribis: >=20 >> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >>=20 >>> Robert Vollmert skribis: >=20 > [...] >=20 >>>> Great find! Indeed, lspci lists >>>>=20 >>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 >>>>=20 >>>> Is this something that could be fixed by including a driver for = that >>>> card in the kernel? >>>=20 >>> I suppose so. >>>=20 >>> Mark, WDYT about adding support for Cirrus VGA cards to the kernel? >>> What would it take to do so? >>=20 >> I know of two kernel configuration options for Cirrus video cards: >>=20 >> CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU: Cirrus driver for QEMU emulated device >> CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS: Cirrus Logic support >>=20 >> CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU is enabled as a module in all of our >> configurations except for 5.2-arm-veyron.conf. CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is >> enabled as a module in all of our x86_64 and i686 configurations. >>=20 >> Is there something else I've overlooked? >=20 > Oh, I see. >=20 > Robert and Bj=C3=B6rn, could you check if adding the =E2=80=98cirrus=E2=80= =99 and possibly > the =E2=80=98cirrusfb=E2=80=99 module(s) to =E2=80=98initrd-modules=E2=80= =99 in the image you run at > your VPS solves the issue? It would need to be added to the installer. Is there a way to add it via grub command line? Alternatively, is there a way to test this from a regular guix system console? (I=E2=80=99m not sure to what extent I=E2=80=99ll be able to do that =E2=80= =94 my VPS is now serving =E2=80=9Cimportant=E2=80=9D things. Note that the bug is = reproducible on QEMU by passing =E2=80=9C-vga cirrus=E2=80=9D.)