bug#40599: closed (1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: 1.1.0rc2 i686 gui install unreadable Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:02:00 +0200 User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux)

Hello

I have have installed guix on a old laptop from. I dd'ed the iso file:

guix-system-install-1.1.0rc2.i686-linux.iso

on a usb stick, and booted from it.

It boots directly into a ncurses gui, but the screen is distorted and
it is not possible to read anything. I have attached an image showing
the issue.

I finished the install using the terminal on tty3.

I have tested the current 1.0.1 iso also, and the ncurses gui looks
fine there (though the actual install fails compiling some amdgpu
package).

The laptop is a Acer aspire 3680, with Intel Celeron cpu, 1.5gb ram
and the following graphics card:

~$ lspci | grep -e "VGA"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

br
Niels Felsted

gui-unreadable.jpg
Description: JPEG image

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> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:48:34 +0200
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> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 08:20:09PM +0200, Niels Felsted wrote:
> > 1.1.0rc2.5 works fine here!
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> Thank you greatly for showing me uvesafb is not always harmless. :)
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> Closing.
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> Regards,
> Florian
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