WiFi selection doesn't work in the installer

Hello,

I tried installing guix-system-install-1.0.1.i686-linux.iso on an old

eee pc, but if fails to build the amd package.  This surprised me since

it has an intel atom processor inside it.  Attached is the error log as

well as some hardware information.

Thanks,

Ryan

Architecture: i686

CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit

Byte Order: Little Endian

CPU(s): 2

On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1

Thread(s) per core: 2

Core(s) per socket: 1

Socket(s): 1

Vendor ID: GenuineIntel

CPU family: 6

Model: 28

Model name: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz

Stepping: 10

CPU MHz: 1662.491

CPU max MHz: 1667.0000

CPU min MHz: 1000.0000

BogoMIPS: 3324.75

L1d cache: 24K

L1i cache: 32K

L2 cache: 512K

Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm dtherm

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)

00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8132 Fast Ethernet (rev c0)

02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

Hello ryan,

ryan <ryan.desfo@gmail.com> skribis:

There’s currently a release candidate (RC) available for testing that

fixes many things in the installer. Could you give it a try and report

back?

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-04/msg00224.html

Thanks in advance,

Ludo’.

Hello Ludo,

I tried installing guix-system-install-1.1.0rc2.i686-linux.iso.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use this version either.  The graphical

installer isn't visible due to the noise.  I also had some issues

getting the logs off the eeepc, but dmesg ended with the following lines.

[   27.510600] [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR*

CPU pipe B FIFO underrun

[   37.691363] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done

[drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:40:pipe B] flip_done timed out

[   73.531406] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies

[drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:40:pipe B] flip_done timed out

[   83.771388] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies

[drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:36:pipe B] flip_done timed out

[  154.766788] perf: interrupt took too long (2581 > 2500), lowering

kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 77250

[  219.803568] perf: interrupt took too long (3261 > 3226), lowering

kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 61250

[  301.780855] perf: interrupt took too long (4078 > 4076), lowering

kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 49000

Not sure if it's really enough info to help.

Take Care,

Ryan

On 4/13/20 6:46 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

Hi,

could you try installing the i686 version from

https://web.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/software/guix/1.1.0rc2.5/?

Hi,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

Or the just-released 1.1.0? It very likely fixes the “screen noise”

issue you encountered:

https://guix.gnu.org/download/

Thanks in advance,

Ludo’.

Ludo' and Danny,

I was able to install 1.1.orc2.5 last night. I didn't have the noise that

the previous version had, but I did have to plug in the ethernet cable

since I wasn't able to connect to wifi during the install.

Also, the same messages I sent in the previous email were still present. I

haven't had time to really test the system yet, but I was able to restart

the machine and log in.

Thank you both for your help.

Ryan

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 12:35 PM Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

Hi Ryan,

Ryan Desfosses <ryan.desfo@gmail.com> skribis:

OK. Why exactly weren’t you able to connect to WiFi? Did you get an

error message or something?

Messages from the kernel like:

[   27.510600] [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe B FIFO underrun

are probably “OK”.

Thanks,

Ludo’.

Ludo',

During the install process after selecting "wifi" there would be a

prompt saying "Connecting to 'hostname', please wait" and just seemed to

hang.  Below are selection:

    local: english

    territory: United States

    graphical installer using a terminal based interface

    america

    New_York

    English (US)

    English (US)

    enter "hostname"

    select wifi

    select network

    - prompt "Connecting to 'hostname', please wait" (never prompts for

password)

    - switch virtual terminals (saved dmesg, guix version, and copied

messages file [attached])

Note, wifi was working after I installed guix with ethernet cable.  In

the next week or so I'll try to download 1.1 and see if issue has been

resolved.

Thanks,

Ryan

On 4/17/20 4:23 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

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