Ludovic CourtèsDec 19, 2024

Was playing with #kexec and getting a hang/blank screen when attempting to reboot.

Guess what: the only person on the intertubes that also has this problem is another #Guix user:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/781898/how-to-use-kexec-on-guix-getting-a-blank-screen

Debugging tips welcome!

How to use kexec on Guix? Getting a blank screen

I'm trying to use kexec on Guix, which I think should be kexec -l /run/current-system/kernel/bzImage --append="$(cat /proc/cmdline)" --initrd=/run/current-system/initrd kexec -e However...

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Show threadJanneke
@civodul at least it was not yourself who asked it, some time ago :)
Dec 19, 2024 at 9:36pmWeb
Show threadLudovic CourtèsDec 19, 2024
@janneke Indeed! (That too happens regularly. :-))
Show threadJannekeDec 19, 2024
@civodul not too long ago I found a solution to a GCC build problem that way :))
Show threadEfraim FlashnerDec 20, 2024
@janneke @civodul
https://xkcd.com/979/
Wisdom of the Ancients

xkcd