bug#65572: closed (Black screen in installer)

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when booting the installer.
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Black screen in installer Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:40:41 +0300

Hello,

I'm trying to install Guix system on an i386 laptop. When the installer should reach the GUI, only a black screen is displayed.

I tried to boot by editing Linux boot parameters in GRUB and set `nomodeset` and removed `quiet`. Now without `quiet` I saw the following messages before the black screen:

```

intelfb: Version 0.9.6

intelfb: Cannot reserve FB region

```

Then I tried `nomodeset video=uvesafb` Linux parameters and the GUI now rendered. I don't know if these work as a global workaround for other machines, should they be documented in the installation instructions?

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> Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net> writes:
> > There was a thread about having a dedicated "safe video" option in the
> > GRUB menu, like a lot of distros do.  I still think we should do that
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> Yes, I agree.  It would need a way to make a custom GRUB menu entry that
> refers to a Guix System generation, and adding that feature is
> complicated because it best worked for other non-GRUB bootloaders too.
> If it were added, “safe video” could be described in the same place.
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> Regards,
> Florian
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