Hi all, FYI I managed to install GUIX. touch /tmp/.... trick did the job and enabled me to continue through the installation process... I was able to install a few packages more but now I am seeing messages with bad tainted kernel, errors coming from the Ath9K module and the machine hangs for seconds or minutes....Many messages reported into the log files.... Even if I do not succeed to connect to WIFI it seems that these hw problems with Ath9K wifi card make the machine unstable & not usable... I was not able to update the guix packages list with guix pull ...machine hangs for several minutes and nothing happens... I tried to install openjdk, same results... I think I have a serious hardware problem... Thanks again for your support regards
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 3:15 PM jerome moliere <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Tobias & others for your support. > I really appreciate !! > > Once networking step fails , installation cannot continue...(Since > packages download is impossible") > > Focus on address resolution is just to mention that network card works , > has an IP & some basic services are working? > > I will try the hack with # touch /tmp/installer-assume-online > Thanks for sharing.... > > If it does not work I will try to another ISO , no problem.. > > Thanks again for your help > regards > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 12:13 PM Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Jerome, >> >> Many people run Guix [sic] System on Coreboot (including Libreboot &c.) >> machines. I have 3. It's probably the most common single firmware >> implementation amongst Guix users—if you count all the copy/paste/modified >> vendor ones separately ;-) >> >> I also use an Atheros card (ath9k, can't say which chip) without issue. >> It's a fact that some routers refuse to reliably connect to older/less >> common hardware. I'm lucky not to've encountered many. >> >> The simple connectivity test performed by the Guix installer is at < >> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/installer/newt/network.scm#n130>. >> Only one of these two servers need respond. >> >> > (git repos for GUIX ?) >> >> No, pre-built artefacts that are opportunistically 'substituted' for the >> result of local builds, whenever they are available. Guix can and will >> always fall back to local builds without user intervention. Of course, >> these will take very long and require (source code) downloads of their own. >> >> So, questions: >> >> - Can you not continue after this red screen about substitute >> availability? I can't test it now, but IMO this should not be fatal. If >> you can't, see the link above for a work-around to be performed *before* >> this check: >> >> # touch /tmp/installer-assume-online >> >> - Can you reach either server from the command line? >> >> - You specifically mention 'resolving GitHub'. Why the focus on address >> resolution? You don't mention it being relevant before that part. Can you >> download content? >> >> - Could you try the 'latest' (daily) image, even if I'm not aware of any >> pertinent bug fixes since 1.4? <https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/ >> >. >> >> If the installer has emacs as I think it does, you can use eww to test >> Web browsing. If it doesn't have wget or curl (I really don't remember), >> you can use 'guix download URL' as a hacky substitute (...heh). >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> T G-R >> >> Sent on the go. Excuse or enjoy my brevity. >> > > > -- > J.MOLIERE - Mentor/J > -- J.MOLIERE - Mentor/J
