From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jbranso@dismail.de Subject: Re: Plan for a release! 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Well I finally got around to doing some testing on my Macbook Pro circa 2= 008. I built the installer image just today with =0A=0A guix system = disk-image --file-system-type=3Diso9660 \=0A gnu/system/install.scm= =0A=0A=0Ajoshua@dobby ~$ guix describe=0AGeneration 45 Mar 03 2020 23:16:= 24 (current)=0A jmacs 54f8408=0A repository URL: https://notabug.org/= jbranso/guix-packages.git=0A branch: master=0A commit: 54f84080d745= 9e74cd33cf434c1077c082ce6508=0A guix 4b759d3=0A repository URL: https= ://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git=0A branch: master=0A commit: 4= b759d3c548270eba348521669bae15c9e5b72bc=0A=0AIn the past, I had to run op= en 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 wh= en I hold down the "option" key on start up. That is an improvent.=0A=0A= =0AI 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 b= lack, 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.=0A=0A=0AManual install worked. I had a weird iss= ue when I made the btrfs filesystems. "mkfs.btrfs -L my-root /dev/sd3" g= ave me an error like "failed to execute /gnu/store/eudev/santsnthsnthau32= psu/lib/udev ID_BTRFS_READY=3D0", and it repeated on every boot. The er= ror message on each bot looked like:=0A=0Audevd failed to execute /gnu/st= ore/eudev/santsnthsnthau32psu/lib/udev ID_BTRFS_READY=3D0=0A=0AI configur= ed EFI boot with 1 btrfs partition. I enabled gnome, mate, xfce, and enl= ightenment services. The install took about an hour. In the past, I con= figured a minimal install with no desktop services or window manager serv= ices. I have found that trying to install a desktop service fails halfwa= y through. However, this time, the install worked just fine.=0A=0AGDM s= tarted just fine. It even recognized my dvorak layout. It did not in th= e past. Progress.=0A=0AI 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 navig= ated through the default gnome setup easily. No issues. Gnome appeared = to be working just fine.=0A=0ANext I tried testing Enlightenment, which s= tarted just fine. The Enlightenment welcome dialog started first. I cli= cked through a few screen, but it appeared to get stuck picking default m= ouse bindings. The dialog box said, "Enlightenment sets default mouse b= indings 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 s= hould have switched to a virtual console and tried to shut off that way.= =0A=0AAnyway, after hard rebooting, grub attempted to load my OS. The gr= ub 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!=0A=0AThanks,=0A=0AJoshua=0A=0AP.S. If anyone has any suggest= ions of where I can look for errors, please let me know. I would be happ= y to try installing again.