branch master updated: Revert "Revert "install: Pass "modprobe.blacklist=radeon".""

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     new 34d436a  Revert "Revert "install: Pass "modprobe.blacklist=radeon".""
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commit 34d436a4082b5c5f23b00e13eb8e5a92d957d704
Author: Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 10 19:28:46 2020 +0200

    Revert "Revert "install: Pass "modprobe.blacklist=radeon".""
    
    This reverts commit 73ddcab6075f60ef9b3cd72a35fbf7f5d622b6ef.
    Blacklisting has become necessary again on my AMD machines, else
    the installer screen stays black.
---
 gnu/system/install.scm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index be5a678..eb34266 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -445,6 +445,12 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m
     (label (string-append "GNU Guix installation "
                           (package-version guix)))
 
+    ;; XXX: The AMD Radeon driver is reportedly broken, which makes kmscon
+    ;; non-functional:
+    ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-03/msg00441.html>.
+    ;; Thus, blacklist it.
+    (kernel-arguments '("quiet" "modprobe.blacklist=radeon"))
+
     (file-systems
      ;; Note: the disk image build code overrides this root file system with
      ;; the appropriate one.