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aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gnu.org header.s=fencepost-gnu-org header.b="Q/eU8FQv"; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.82 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gnu.org header.s=fencepost-gnu-org header.b="Q/eU8FQv"; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: E30E43F692 X-Spam-Score: -3.82 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: QQwpYVBQSwQ6 Hello Florian, > + (when (member "uvesafb" (modules-loaded)) > + (run-error-page (G_ "\ > +This may be a false alarm, but possibly your graphics hardware does not > +work well with only free software. Expect trouble. If after installation, > +the system does not boot, perhaps you will need to add nomodeset to the > +kernel arguments and need to configure the uvesafb kernel module.") > + (G_ "Pre-install warning"))) This seems like a good idea to me. Perhaps we could be a bit more specific about the "expected troubles". Is it a black screen after Linux boot on the installed system? Thanks, Mathieu