bug#23072: GuixSD SSD install hangs at clocksource

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

myglc2 <address@hidden> skribis:

> Florian Paul Schmidt <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On 20.03.2016 20:56, myglc2 wrote:
>>
>>> - I did a near-identical install to a SSD (Kingston ssdnow300), see
>>>   "c06system-ssd.scm.log". If installed on the 1st server this shows
>>>   Guix welcome screen, loads the keyboard & mouse drivers, then hangs
>>>   showing:
>>> 
>>>   "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc"
>>
>> This is just a shot in the dark, but I use SSD systems, too, and I
>> noticed that the first boot of a guixsd installation hangs for a while
>> collecting entropy before displaying a corresponding message IIRC and I
>> faintly remember the "switching to clocksource" message. Did you try
>> banging the keyboard? Maybe that's not possible on a headless server
>> though. Did you let it sit for a while?
>>
>> Flo
> Thanks Flo. Can't test that theory at the moment.  But I do have a
> display attached (which is how I saw the "clocksource..." message).
>
> FWIW, in the HD install there is a prompt for keyboard input. It seems
> like the SSD install hung before it reached that.  - George

Any update on this bug?

  http://bugs.gnu.org/23072

Ludo’.