From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:00:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87zhj4eklm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190625002420.27685559@alma-ubu> <87v9wtn4u9.fsf@gnu.org> <36FEF9C6-B901-4E6B-920B-00E545A10279@vllmrt.net> <20190625170603.176cb07b@alma-ubu> <20190625155439.hmzw4s6o2pxhwyiw@pelzflorian.localdomain> <20190626185141.3e4639de@alma-ubu> <20190626202351.s2km4b4zt7uwdob7@pelzflorian.localdomain> <73149751-082E-4EB6-89CB-7E242830BDBF@vllmrt.net> <87zhlab5hc.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7danfos.fsf@netris.org> <87pnm495t3.fsf@gnu.org> <7F8DEC16-76B6-483B-A657-D9E30B46F779@vllmrt.net> <20190722112518.46e817d0@alma-ubu> <87ef2i4b93.fsf@gnu.org> <20190902151057.239cd332@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55233) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9lxT-0000Ro-T2 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 04:02:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9lxS-0007sT-Ft for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 04:02:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40281) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9lxS-0007sJ-A1 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 04:02:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9lxS-0003mG-3D for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 04:02:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20190902151057.239cd332@alma-ubu> ("=?UTF-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_?= =?UTF-8?Q?H=C3=B6fling?="'s message of "Mon, 2 Sep 2019 15:10:57 +0200") 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.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: =?UTF-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_?= =?UTF-8?Q?H=C3=B6fling?= Cc: Robert Vollmert , 36069@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Bj=C3=B6rn, Bj=C3=B6rn H=C3=B6fling skribis: > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:25:12 +0200 > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > >> Hello! >>=20 >> Bj=C3=B6rn H=C3=B6fling skribis: > >> > What I haven't done yet: >> > >> > 1. Use only "cirrus" >> > 2. Use only "cirrusfb" >> > 3. Try it out on my VPS.=20=20 >>=20 >> Please let us know when you have feedback on these so we can add just >> the module that makes sense. > > > I tried all three combinations and all work with qemu: > > 1. (initrd-modules (append (list "cirrus" "cirrusfb") > 2. (initrd-modules (append (list "cirrusfb") > 3. (initrd-modules (append (list "cirrus") > > I tried the version with "cirrus" on my VPS and it worked there too. Cool, thanks for testing. One easy thing we can do is to arrange so that =E2=80=98guix system vm{,-im= age}=E2=80=99 always include this module in the initrd. I believe that would address your use case, right? Patch below. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99. --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch Content-Disposition: inline diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm index ac6e4ded92..73d9b2c0c1 100644 --- a/gnu/system/vm.scm +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm @@ -850,6 +850,11 @@ environment with the store shared with the host. MAPPINGS is a list of #:volatile-root? #t rest))) + ;; VPS sometimes expect the "cirrus" graphics driver to be available when + ;; the VM is accessed with noVNC; see . + (initrd-modules (cons "cirrus" + (operating-system-initrd-modules os))) + ;; Disable swap. (swap-devices '()) --=-=-=--