From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Othacehe Subject: bug#40590: Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:09:04 +0200 Message-ID: <874ktfpz27.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87o8rwt84t.fsf@keyhenge.xyz> <87v9m3n6nr.fsf@gmail.com> <87sgh6c2ez.fsf@keyhenge.xyz> <87lfmylfif.fsf@gmail.com> <87y2qxvf6l.fsf@keyhenge.xyz> <87wo6hi6ym.fsf@gmail.com> <87k12celeo.fsf@keyhenge.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42806) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jQ6tm-00088o-LR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:10:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jQ6tm-0002GO-7y for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:10:02 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60775) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jQ6tl-0002Er-Qs for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:10:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jQ6tl-0007bT-KS for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:10:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87k12celeo.fsf@keyhenge.xyz> (Keyhenge's message of "Sat, 18 Apr 2020 13:47:11 -0400") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Keyhenge Cc: 40590@debbugs.gnu.org Hello, Thanks for your answer! > The amd option didn't work, but nomodeset allowed me to get to a shell, > at which point I could start experimenting with various settings to see > if I could get a graphical environment. I finally did by switching over > to the proprietary kernel (which points to a graphical driver issue with > AMD Navi cards in the libre kernel), but that's obviously less than ideal. > > Still, it means I can finally start using the system in earnest. Thanks > for all your help! It is deserved after all the efforts :p. I sent patches for the issues you had (partitioning issue[1] and efivarfs[2] support). Now for the graphical issue, if you find a workaround, maybe using uvesafb as suggested by Florian, please let us know. Thanks, Mathieu [1]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/36783 [2]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2020-04/msg00707.html.