On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 08:14:37AM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > I could get the installer to display properly by using […]the useful v86d > helper[…] > > guix package -f v86d.scm > ln -s /gnu/store/yj9mxi0yr4ksg5v7031mdrc8fvb2wxrb-linux-libre-5.4.24/lib/ /lib > modprobe uvesafb v86d=/root/.guix-profile/sbin/v86d > > Without the symbolic linking, kmscon displays a flickering Module > uvesafb not found in directory /lib/modules… > > I will try to properly package v86d now (without bundled libraries). > uvesafb does not work on my Macbook though; I believe it conflicts > with modesetting. >
Now that v86d is pushed as e2303e8e375ed2e07c1fd760c86a204eb51fbc6e (see <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2020-03/msg00681.html>): The attached patch makes the graphical installer work on two old computers I tested. I do not know how to proceed with it. I would like something similar to be included in the next release. Maybe kmscon works everywhere then. ('nomodeset' is not needed; I leave it in only for testing on computers where the graphical installer works anyway when not passing 'nomodeset'.) The patch should not change behavior on machines where /dev/fb0 is created via modesetting anyway. Regards, Florian