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authorFlorian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>2020-10-10 19:28:46 +0200
committerFlorian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>2020-10-11 06:57:17 +0000
commit34d436a4082b5c5f23b00e13eb8e5a92d957d704 (patch)
tree72b2a08bf83fa3c84f579bfa049dd8c563a332fb
parent26f6bd0403ed20c1d26eca9d4f28a0da519a56ac (diff)
downloadguix-34d436a4082b5c5f23b00e13eb8e5a92d957d704.tar.gz
Revert "Revert "install: Pass "modprobe.blacklist=radeon".""
This reverts commit 73ddcab6075f60ef9b3cd72a35fbf7f5d622b6ef.
Blacklisting has become necessary again on my AMD machines, else
the installer screen stays black.
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index be5a678cec..eb342665e5 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -445,6 +445,12 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m
     (label (string-append "GNU Guix installation "
                           (package-version guix)))
 
+    ;; XXX: The AMD Radeon driver is reportedly broken, which makes kmscon
+    ;; non-functional:
+    ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-03/msg00441.html>.
+    ;; Thus, blacklist it.
+    (kernel-arguments '("quiet" "modprobe.blacklist=radeon"))
+
     (file-systems
      ;; Note: the disk image build code overrides this root file system with
      ;; the appropriate one.