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| author | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2020-04-11 18:56:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2020-04-11 22:59:35 +0200 |
| commit | 557e6820a77b24f8f3f03f28ee473137b1caeb64 (patch) | |
| tree | 43ddd5ecffc1929b33ee031f76ebb1b01271489a | |
| parent | c635610bc6c89dd7feb1e81ff7803600027e0092 (diff) | |
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installer: Load uvesafb kernel module.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/40538>.
Machines without Kernel Mode Setting (those with many old and current AMD
GPUs, SiS GPUs, …) need uvesafb to show the GUI installer. Some may also need
a kernel parameter like nomodeset or vga=793, but we leave that for the user
to specify in GRUB.
* gnu/system/install.scm (uvesafb-shepherd-service): New procedure.
(uvesafb-service-type): New variable.
(%installation-services): Add it.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/install.scm | 42 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm index c15c2c7814..203a085bcd 100644 --- a/gnu/system/install.scm +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2016 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> +;;; Copyright © 2020 Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ #:use-module (guix gexp) #:use-module (guix store) #:use-module (guix monads) + #:use-module (guix modules) #:use-module ((guix packages) #:select (package-version)) #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix)) #:use-module (gnu installer) @@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo) #:use-module (gnu packages compression) #:use-module (gnu packages nvi) + #:use-module (gnu packages xorg) #:use-module (ice-9 match) #:use-module (srfi srfi-26) #:export (installation-os @@ -287,6 +290,37 @@ the user's target storage device rather than on the RAM disk." (persistent? #f) (max-database-size (* 5 (expt 2 20)))))) ;5 MiB + +;; These define a service to load the uvesafb kernel module with the +;; appropriate options. The GUI installer needs it when the machine does not +;; support Kernel Mode Setting. Otherwise kmscon is missing /dev/fb0. +(define (uvesafb-shepherd-service _) + (list (shepherd-service + (documentation "Load the uvesafb kernel module.") + (provision '(uvesafb)) + (requirement '(file-systems)) + (start #~(lambda () + ;; uvesafb is only supported on x86 and x86_64. + (or (not (and (string-suffix? "linux-gnu" %host-type) + (or (string-prefix? "x86_64" %host-type) + (string-prefix? "i686" %host-type)))) + (invoke #+(file-append kmod "/bin/modprobe") + "uvesafb" + (string-append "v86d=" #$v86d "/sbin/v86d") + "mode_option=1024x768")))) + (respawn? #f) + (one-shot? #t)))) + +(define uvesafb-service-type + (service-type + (name 'uvesafb) + (extensions + (list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type + uvesafb-shepherd-service))) + (description + "Load the @code{uvesafb} kernel module with the right options.") + (default-value #t))) + (define %installation-services ;; List of services of the installation system. (let ((motd (plain-file "motd" " @@ -408,7 +442,13 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m (list bare-bones-os glibc-utf8-locales texinfo - (canonical-package guile-2.2)))))) + (canonical-package guile-2.2))) + + ;; Machines without Kernel Mode Setting (those with many old and + ;; current AMD GPUs, SiS GPUs, ...) need uvesafb to show the GUI + ;; installer. Some may also need a kernel parameter like nomodeset + ;; or vga=793, but we leave that for the user to specify in GRUB. + (service uvesafb-service-type)))) (define %issue ;; Greeting. |