From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: David Seaward <dseaward925@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How can I diagnose a startup failure on a live USB?
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 22:50:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170909195028.GA2455@macbook42.flashner.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1504875804.3275.1.camel@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 03:03:24PM +0200, David Seaward wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to run Guix SD from a live USB on two machines. On machine
> A this works: I can select "linux-libre" from GRUB and the startup
> process runs, ending with a prompt on TTY 1 and documentation on TTY 2.
>
> On machine B, the startup process runs but towards the end (ssh-
> keygen... ncsd...) the screen goes black and I can't switch between
> TTYs.
>
> How can I diagnose the cause of this problem? Even enough to report an
> error message.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> P.S. Cross-posted on Stack Exchange if you like that kind of thing:
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/391156
>
>
Without knowing anything about your machines, did you try the nomodeset
grub parameter? I find that normally helps with graphics issues.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-08 13:03 How can I diagnose a startup failure on a live USB? David Seaward
2017-09-09 19:50 ` Efraim Flashner [this message]
2017-09-09 20:02 ` Miles Fidelman
2017-09-11 2:55 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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