Re: GuixSD on T440p won't boot or install properly / missing free software ... nouveau ...

[Kodcu]

Hi Florian,
Thanks for the reply.
I have Intel HD Graphics 4600 (CPU-integrated), my laptop is from 
https://store.vikings.net/en/t440p-secure-laptop.I cannot boot into the system 
even though I'm writing nomodeset in grub/linux line by pressing e but I was 
able to install the system after writing nomodeset during installation. 
I could not boot the system, even once, after the initial installation.
Pressing CTRL+Alt+F2/3 etc do not do anything during grub boot time and then I 
end up with the gray background and guix logo, so i cannot get any TTY. At this 
point, I cannot access /etc/config.scm to add uvesafb or an older kernel.
Any ideas what to do? 
Thanks
Kodcu
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30 sep 2023 00:17 van pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de:

> Hello Kodcu.
>
> According to h-node.org, the ThinkPad T440p uses Intel graphics and not
> Nvidia/nouveau.  Graphics are claimed to work with the libre kernel.
>
> I presume you can switch to a TTY by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 at least after
> booting with nomodeset.
>
> If graphics actually do not work and you do want a graphical system, it
> might be possible to use an older kernel.  Add a line inside
> /etc/config.scm to the operating-system:
>
> (use-package-modules linux)
> (operating-system
>  (kernel linux-libre-5.4)
>  …
>
> or some other old version.
>
> Otherwise, uvesafb is an option but not a good one.  It would be much
> better without uvesafb.
> The installer’s config file uses uvesafb, the installed system does not
> by default (see
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-11/msg00172.html>
> which can also be found using the yhetil.org search engine).
>
> Regards,
> Florian
>