Re: Coreboot,T440P & GUIX installer

[jerome moliere <jerome@javaxpert.com>]

Hi all,
FYI I managed to install GUIX.
touch /tmp/.... trick did the  job and enabled me to continue through the
installation process...
I was able to install a few packages more but now I am seeing messages with
bad tainted kernel, errors coming from the Ath9K module  and the machine
hangs for seconds or minutes....Many messages reported into the log
files....
Even if I do not succeed to connect to WIFI it seems that these hw problems
with Ath9K wifi card make the machine unstable & not usable...
I was not able to update the guix packages list with guix pull ...machine
hangs for several minutes and nothing happens...
I tried to install openjdk, same results...
I think I have a serious hardware problem...
Thanks again for your support
regards

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 3:15 PM jerome moliere <jerome@javaxpert.com> wrote:

> Thanks Tobias & others for your support.
> I really appreciate !!
>
> Once networking step fails , installation  cannot continue...(Since
> packages download is impossible")
>
> Focus on address resolution is just to mention that network card works ,
> has an IP & some basic services are  working?
>
> I will try the hack with  # touch /tmp/installer-assume-online
> Thanks for sharing....
>
> If it does not work I will try to another ISO , no problem..
>
> Thanks again for your help
> regards
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 12:13 PM Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jerome,
>>
>> Many people run Guix [sic] System on Coreboot (including Libreboot &c.)
>> machines.  I have 3.  It's probably the most common single firmware
>> implementation amongst Guix users—if you count all the copy/paste/modified
>> vendor ones separately ;-)
>>
>> I also use an Atheros card (ath9k, can't say which chip) without issue.
>> It's a fact that some routers refuse to reliably connect to older/less
>> common hardware.  I'm lucky not to've encountered many.
>>
>> The simple connectivity test performed by the Guix installer is at <
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/installer/newt/network.scm#n130>.
>> Only one of these two servers need respond.
>>
>> > (git repos for GUIX ?)
>>
>> No, pre-built artefacts that are opportunistically 'substituted' for the
>> result of local builds, whenever they are available.  Guix can and will
>> always fall back to local builds without user intervention.  Of course,
>> these will take very long and require (source code) downloads of their own.
>>
>> So, questions:
>>
>> - Can you not continue after this red screen about substitute
>> availability?  I can't test it now, but IMO this should not be fatal.  If
>> you can't, see the link above for a work-around to be performed *before*
>> this check:
>>
>>   # touch /tmp/installer-assume-online
>>
>> - Can you reach either server from the command line?
>>
>> - You specifically mention 'resolving GitHub'.  Why the focus on address
>> resolution?  You don't mention it being relevant before that part.  Can you
>> download content?
>>
>> - Could you try the 'latest' (daily) image, even if I'm not aware of any
>> pertinent bug fixes since 1.4?  <https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/
>> >.
>>
>> If the installer has emacs as I think it does, you can use eww to test
>> Web browsing.  If it doesn't have wget or curl  (I really don't remember),
>> you can use 'guix download URL' as a hacky substitute (...heh).
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> T G-R
>>
>> Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.
>>
>
>
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