As suggested in the discussion of the issue I circumvented the problem by setting radeon.modeset=0. Thank you for the reference. Marco
2012/7/31 Cillian de Róiste <[email protected]> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Marco Maggesi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to reinstall nixos on an my desktop computer (after an HD > > replacement due to a bad corruption). > > The installation process goes smoothly, but after reboot (during Stage 2) > > the screen become unreadable (a set of randomly distributed coloured > > pixels). > > > > This happens under various different configurations: > > - with my old configuration.nix > > - with a brand new configuration.nix created by the installation scripts > > - with xserver enabled and disabled > > > > When booted from the installation/rescue CD the graphics card works > > normally, either in text mode and with x11. > > > > Here is the line of output of lspci that describe the graphics card: > > > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video > device > > [Radeon HD 2400 PRO] > > > > What could I do? > > I guess it's missing the firmware, there is a work around: > https://github.com/NixOS/nixos/issues/6 > > Cheers, > Cillian > > > Thanks, > > Marco > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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