On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 3:32:35 PM UTC-4, Tom wrote: > Hi, > > I've been toying with Qubes for the past week and it really struck me when I > realized that it's the future of what an OS should be. Since then I've been > obsessed trying to make it run anywhere but the only computer running it > perfectly is my Lenovo X220 otherwise my other (Macbook Pro Retina, and a > gaming PC with a GTX 980 nvidia GPU) are simply not even starting the install > nor a completed install on a USB3 SSD drive I did to test. I tried every idea > I could find with grub flags (nodemodeset, etc) the closest I got to doing > something on my GTX 980 based PC has been starting the anaconda installer in > CLI mode. > > It just won't show anything on that GPU. FYI it is hooked via an HDMI cable > to a LG television. If I let it go without messing the grub flags my tv shows > an "invalid format" error I guess because the resolution is wrong but if I > start it and remove the quiet flags to see what goes on I can see some > sys-net VM error or something but it just stops and never do anything. I > can't switch to console nor try to see more logs. > > So my big question is: why does Qubes OS not have built-in GPU support? why > is it working better on integrated graphics? > > It would be KICKASS to have this run on a monster machine. I swear I would > install this everywhere. Put it on my toast when I wake up in the morning and > even wash myself with it! Qubes OS blows my mind and I really really want to > use it. > > Keep up the amazing work, sorry I wish I could provide more details/debug > info but don't hesitate to ask for any kind of testing on my end. > > Thanks and have a nice day!
you might have to wait till a kernel come out to support the gpu. If you get Qubes intalled with integrated you can maybe check testing repo for a newer kernel. I guess noveau is lagging more then 2 years behind. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/c413b13b-586c-45d4-84b1-c0987ddc4544%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
