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From: Iku-Tulo Vilutar <ikutulovilutar@gmail.com>
To: 65572@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65572: Black screen in installer
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:40:41 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG3y4grnFMjV5NVmWM+6RDHhruyVuTQtBCB3NuaYnGSscjj3xg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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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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             reply	other threads:[~2023-08-30 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-27 18:40 Iku-Tulo Vilutar [this message]
2023-08-31 10:52 ` bug#65572: Black screen in installer pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2023-08-31 11:11   ` Iku-Tulo Vilutar
2023-08-31 20:56     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2023-09-01  6:34       ` Iku-Tulo Vilutar
2023-08-31 20:33 ` bug#65572: [PATCH v2] doc: Describe black screen issue when booting the installer Florian Pelz
2023-09-01  9:07 ` bug#65572: [PATCH v3] " Florian Pelz
2023-09-01 12:28   ` Csepp
2023-09-02 12:43     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2023-09-02 13:13       ` Csepp

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