From: jbranso@dismail.de
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Plan for a release!
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:54:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60bd323b399bc4fafefc74d7fa84c0db@dismail.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86lfoqy8h0.fsf@dismail.de>
Well I finally got around to doing some testing on my Macbook Pro circa 2008. I built the installer image just today with
guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 \
gnu/system/install.scm
joshua@dobby ~$ guix describe
Generation 45 Mar 03 2020 23:16:24 (current)
jmacs 54f8408
repository URL: https://notabug.org/jbranso/guix-packages.git
branch: master
commit: 54f84080d7459e74cd33cf434c1077c082ce6508
guix 4b759d3
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
branch: master
commit: 4b759d3c548270eba348521669bae15c9e5b72bc
In the past, I had to run open the grub command promt and run "configfile (hd0,msdos)/boot/grub/grub.cfg". Guix's installer does now allow me to see the "EFI boot" option when I hold down the "option" key on start up. That is an improvent.
I had to test the manual installation method. The graphical installer does not work on my macbook. It just flickers on and then off. Shortly after grub boots into the installer, I briefly see a blue screen, then black, then blue, then black, etc. I can switch to a virtual console and proceed with the installation that way. Perhaps, we should try to start the graphical installer only 5 times. If it fails, then just produce an error message and suggest the user switch to another virtual console and try the manual install.
Manual install worked. I had a weird issue when I made the btrfs filesystems. "mkfs.btrfs -L my-root /dev/sd3" gave me an error like "failed to execute /gnu/store/eudev/santsnthsnthau32psu/lib/udev ID_BTRFS_READY=0", and it repeated on every boot. The error message on each bot looked like:
udevd failed to execute /gnu/store/eudev/santsnthsnthau32psu/lib/udev ID_BTRFS_READY=0
I configured EFI boot with 1 btrfs partition. I enabled gnome, mate, xfce, and enlightenment services. The install took about an hour. In the past, I configured a minimal install with no desktop services or window manager services. I have found that trying to install a desktop service fails halfway through. However, this time, the install worked just fine.
GDM started just fine. It even recognized my dvorak layout. It did not in the past. Progress.
I first tested Gnome. Gnome took a long time to fully load. I had a mouse that could move around for 5+ minutes with no background image before the "Welcome to Gnome" screen popped up. I navigated through the default gnome setup easily. No issues. Gnome appeared to be working just fine.
Next I tried testing Enlightenment, which started just fine. The Enlightenment welcome dialog started first. I clicked through a few screen, but it appeared to get stuck picking default mouse bindings. The dialog box said, "Enlightenment sets default mouse bindings for objects". It hanged on that screen after I clicked "Alt" for 10+ minutes. I did a hard reboot, which is what really screwed me. I should have switched to a virtual console and tried to shut off that way.
Anyway, after hard rebooting, grub attempted to load my OS. The grub screen went away, and the boot process showed a cursor, but no text. I waited for 5 minutes before hard rebooting. I got the same issue. So my Macbook Pro currently has no OS on it. :( But my ThinkPad T400 works just fine!
Thanks,
Joshua
P.S. If anyone has any suggestions of where I can look for errors, please let me know. I would be happy to try installing again.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-05 4:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-24 21:38 Plan for a release! Ludovic Courtès
2020-02-24 22:55 ` Vincent Legoll
2020-02-25 14:00 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2020-02-25 15:15 ` Vincent Legoll
2020-02-24 23:35 ` zimoun
2020-02-25 15:47 ` Joshua Branson
2020-03-05 4:54 ` jbranso [this message]
2020-03-08 12:04 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-08 21:03 ` kmscon not working on MacBook Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-09 7:43 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-09 9:48 ` Vincent Legoll
2020-03-09 16:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-11 7:14 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-11 7:25 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-20 8:48 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-20 8:51 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-25 23:00 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-26 2:26 ` Bengt Richter
2020-03-26 16:53 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-29 10:26 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-08 12:35 ` Gnome takes more than 5 minutes to start Ricardo Wurmus
2020-03-08 21:04 ` Btrfs/udev issue Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-05 13:42 ` Plan for a release! jbranso
2020-03-05 16:45 ` sirgazil
2020-03-06 16:32 ` Joshua Branson
2020-03-05 21:09 ` Jan
2020-03-06 16:33 ` Joshua Branson
2020-03-06 16:51 ` Thunar cannot launch gio-launch-desktop Ricardo Wurmus
2020-03-06 17:57 ` Jan
2020-03-06 21:51 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-03-06 23:59 ` Jan
2020-03-07 23:41 ` Jan
2020-03-08 9:08 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-03-08 22:05 ` Jan
2020-03-08 23:41 ` Jan
2020-03-09 22:41 ` Jan
2020-03-06 6:44 ` Plan for a release! pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-03-06 9:58 ` John Soo
2020-03-08 12:33 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-03-08 21:10 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-12 13:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-18 16:53 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-18 17:31 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-03-18 17:49 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-03-20 10:52 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-03-20 13:13 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-03-20 13:58 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-03-21 15:46 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-23 14:05 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-03-26 11:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-26 12:37 ` Vincent Legoll
2020-03-26 14:24 ` Ludovic Courtès
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