Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-02-20 Thread Ian Eure
Julien Lepiller writes: Hi Ian, Something similar happened to me before. After reconfiguring a lot of times, the firmaware had no space left for EFI variables. I didn't notice the error message at first because guix system did succeed. Maybe you have some similar errors that don't lead

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-13 Thread Ian Eure
Felix Lechner writes: Hi Ian, On Mon, Jan 08 2024, Roman Riabenko via wrote: Sometimes, the installer makes a BIOS-compatible installation which fails to run from UEFI. I like to check 'efibootmgr' inside the installer. Alternatively, you can look at the NVRAM contents with evivars.

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-13 Thread Ian Eure
Roman Riabenko writes: [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] У пт, 2024-01-05 у 19:41 -0800, Ian Eure пише: ... After the Guix install, the laptop doesn’t boot -- the firmware shows a boot device selection menu, rather than bootint into Guix. ... Sometimes, the installer makes a BIOS-compatible

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-13 Thread Ian Eure
Julien Lepiller writes: Hi Ian, Something similar happened to me before. After reconfiguring a lot of times, the firmaware had no space left for EFI variables. I didn't notice the error message at first because guix system did succeed. Maybe you have some similar errors that don't lead

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-09 Thread Roman Riabenko via
Hi Felix У вт, 2024-01-09 у 05:53 -0800, Felix Lechner пише: > On Mon, Jan 08 2024, Roman Riabenko via wrote: > > You might want to try enabling it [secure boot] > > I do not recommend Secure Boot for average Linux users. It tends to > create more problems and may not provide the security you

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-09 Thread Felix Lechner via
Hi Ian, On Mon, Jan 08 2024, Roman Riabenko via wrote: > Sometimes, the installer makes a BIOS-compatible installation which > fails to run from UEFI. I like to check 'efibootmgr' inside the installer. Alternatively, you can look at the NVRAM contents with evivars. (I don't have experience yet

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-08 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Hi Ian, If you want BOOTX64.EFI, to work around broken/forgetful firmware NVRAM, search the manual for the 'grub-efi-removable-bootloader'. Kind regards, T G-R Sent on the go. Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-08 Thread Roman Riabenko via
У пт, 2024-01-05 у 19:41 -0800, Ian Eure пише: > ... After the Guix install, > the laptop doesn’t boot -- the firmware shows a boot device > selection menu, rather than bootint into Guix. ... Sometimes, the installer makes a BIOS-compatible installation which fails to run from UEFI. The fix

Re: Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-05 Thread Julien Lepiller
Hi Ian, Something similar happened to me before. After reconfiguring a lot of times, the firmaware had no space left for EFI variables. I didn't notice the error message at first because guix system did succeed. Maybe you have some similar errors that don't lead to a failure? What does the

Laptop won’t boot after Guix install

2024-01-05 Thread Ian Eure
Hello, I have Guix running on one computer already, and wanted to set it up on another, a ThinkPad L390 Yoga. This was previously running Debian, but I wiped it to put Guix on, by running `sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1M'. After the Guix install, the laptop doesn’t boot --