bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-09-16 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Björn, Björn Höfling skribis: > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:25:12 +0200 > Ludovic Courtès wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> Björn Höfling skribis: > >> > What I haven't done yet: >> > >> > 1. Use only "cirrus" >> > 2. Use only "cirrusfb" >> > 3. Try it out on my VPS. >> >> Please let us know when

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-09-02 Thread Björn Höfling
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:25:12 +0200 Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello! > > Björn Höfling skribis: > > What I haven't done yet: > > > > 1. Use only "cirrus" > > 2. Use only "cirrusfb" > > 3. Try it out on my VPS. > > Please let us know when you have feedback on these so we can add just > the mod

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-07-22 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello! Björn Höfling skribis: > [env]$ git diff | more > diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm > index 912096027f..3e692a5bdc 100644 > --- a/gnu/system/install.scm > +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm > @@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing > Alt-F2.\

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-07-22 Thread Björn Höfling
On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:17:21 +0200 Robert Vollmert wrote: > > Robert and Björn, could you check if adding the ‘cirrus’ and > > possibly the ‘cirrusfb’ module(s) to ‘initrd-modules’ in the image > > you run at your VPS solves the issue? > > It would need to be added to the installer. Is there a

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-07-20 Thread Robert Vollmert
> On 20. Jul 2019, at 15:47, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >>> Robert Vollmert skribis: > > [...] > Great find! Indeed, lspci lists 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Is this

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-07-20 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver skribis: > Ludovic Courtès wrote: > >> Robert Vollmert skribis: [...] >>> Great find! Indeed, lspci lists >>> >>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 >>> >>> Is this something that could be fixed by including a driver for that >>> card in the kernel

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-07-19 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Robert Vollmert skribis: > >>> On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 06:51:41PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: What's the conclusion? Maybe that Guix is fine and the VNC-clients are also fine. It mi

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-07-19 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, Robert Vollmert skribis: >> On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) >> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 06:51:41PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: >>> What's the conclusion? Maybe that Guix is fine and the VNC-clients are >>> also fine. It might just be a matter of config

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-27 Thread Björn Höfling
On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:34:21 +0200 Robert Vollmert wrote: > > On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) > > wrote: > > > > Passing “-vga cirrus” reduces the display size. [..] > > So presumably the VPS is using an old QEMU or passes -vga cirrus. > > Great find! Indeed, lspci li

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-26 Thread Robert Vollmert
> On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) > wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 06:51:41PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: >> What's the conclusion? Maybe that Guix is fine and the VNC-clients are >> also fine. It might just be a matter of configuration or using an older >> version w

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-26 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 06:51:41PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: > What's the conclusion? Maybe that Guix is fine and the VNC-clients are > also fine. It might just be a matter of configuration or using an older > version with bugs? > Passing “-vga cirrus” reduces the display size. The command “ma

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-26 Thread Robert Vollmert
> On 26. Jun 2019, at 18:51, Björn Höfling > wrote: > In that way, I have the QEMU console in my terminal and I can call the > "system_reset" command: I suspected that the bug would only appear when > the VNC-Client is connected WHILE the installer start up. Usually the > startup would be fas

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-26 Thread Björn Höfling
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:54:39 +0200 "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 05:06:03PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: > > I guess you (Ludovic) have tried the installer with QEMU and its > > VNC-Server, maybe even with different VNC-clients? > > > > It works with > > qemu-s

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, Björn Höfling skribis: > Guacamole and noVNC have no common roots, AFAIK. So, with a different > VNC-Software showing the same problems, I decided to re-open this bug, > though I have no proof that it is really a Guix-Problem. At least > people who want to install Guix would be annoyed an

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-25 Thread Robert Vollmert
> On 25. Jun 2019, at 17:54, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) > wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 05:06:03PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: >> I guess you (Ludovic) have tried the installer with QEMU and its >> VNC-Server, maybe even with different VNC-clients? >> > > It works with > > qemu-system-

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-25 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 05:06:03PM +0200, Björn Höfling wrote: > I guess you (Ludovic) have tried the installer with QEMU and its > VNC-Server, maybe even with different VNC-clients? > It works with qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm -drive file=Downloads/guix-system-install-1.0.1.x8

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-25 Thread Björn Höfling
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:09:48 +0200 Robert Vollmert wrote: > > On 25. Jun 2019, at 15:59, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > I think Robert concluded that the bug was in noVNC. > > Rather, I couldn’t prove the bug was anywhere else. > > > What we’d need is either something to fix on our side (but the

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-25 Thread Robert Vollmert
Hi, > On 25. Jun 2019, at 15:59, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Hi, > > Björn Höfling skribis: > >> On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 11:35:17 +0200 >> Robert Vollmert wrote: >> >>> There seems to be some conflict between the “graphical” installer’s >>> idea of the console size and VNC’s (which appears to be

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-25 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Björn Höfling skribis: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 11:35:17 +0200 > Robert Vollmert wrote: > >> There seems to be some conflict between the “graphical” installer’s >> idea of the console size and VNC’s (which appears to be noVNC >> https://novnc.com/info.html). As you can see in the attached >> sc

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-24 Thread Björn Höfling
Reopened. On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 11:35:17 +0200 Robert Vollmert wrote: > There seems to be some conflict between the “graphical” installer’s > idea of the console size and VNC’s (which appears to be noVNC > https://novnc.com/info.html). As you can see in the attached > screenshot, the screen is crop

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-11 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Robert Vollmert skribis: >> On 5. Jun 2019, at 23:14, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >> Robert Vollmert skribis: >> On 5. Jun 2019, at 12:39, Ludovic Courtès wrote: I’ve never used noVNC, but doesn’t it allow you to zoom out or something? The kernel (KMS) knows what it’

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-11 Thread Robert Vollmert
> On 5. Jun 2019, at 23:14, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Robert Vollmert skribis: > >>> On 5. Jun 2019, at 12:39, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >>> >>> I’ve never used noVNC, but doesn’t it allow you to zoom out or >>> something? The kernel (KMS) knows what it’s doing, so it seems to me >>> that t

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-05 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Robert Vollmert skribis: >> On 5. Jun 2019, at 12:39, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >> I’ve never used noVNC, but doesn’t it allow you to zoom out or >> something? The kernel (KMS) knows what it’s doing, so it seems to me >> that the problem is that noVNC doesn’t realize what the actual screen >>

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-05 Thread Robert Vollmert
Hello Ludo, thanks for looking into this. > On 5. Jun 2019, at 12:39, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > I’ve never used noVNC, but doesn’t it allow you to zoom out or > something? The kernel (KMS) knows what it’s doing, so it seems to me > that the problem is that noVNC doesn’t realize what the actua

bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

2019-06-05 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, Robert Vollmert skribis: > There seems to be some conflict between the “graphical” installer’s idea > of the console size and VNC’s (which appears to be noVNC > https://novnc.com/info.html). As you can see in the attached screenshot, > the screen is cropped on all sides, particularly maki