Installing NixOS on EFI based Intel NUC using USB stick does not output to VGA console

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Installing NixOS on EFI based Intel NUC using USB stick does not output to VGA console #49511

Open michas2 opened 5 years ago

michas2 commented 5 years ago

Issue description

I tried to install NixOS on an Intel NUC using a USB stick. I get the rEFInd boot manager, but running any of the option does only produce a black screen. (The boot process seems to continue but without any visible output it is pretty much impossibe to do anything useful with it.)

(Ubuntu installs fine, so it seems to to be a hardware only issue.)

Steps to reproduce

Download a current nixos iso and use dd to write it to some USB stick.
Boot from that device
Notice the rEFInd boot manager to appear, presenting some nixos entries
Choose any of the options
Admire the flawless black screen. :)

Technical details

What kind of details could I collect in order to debug this further? (Unfortunately the device does not have an serial console.)

michas2 commented 5 years ago

I now deactivated UEFI boot on the NUC and installation works fine.

Why is ubuntu able to install with UEFI without problems but NixOS seems to have issues with that?

danieldk commented 5 years ago

I think it is more likely that someone could test/help if you could also mention the NUC model number.

(E.g. my NUC7CJYH with HDMI works fine with UEFI.)

michas2 commented 5 years ago

In our case it is NUC8i3BEH. On the box lspci says VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3ea5 (rev 01) for VGA controller. @danieldk Which VGA controller is used by your box?

danieldk commented 5 years ago

@michas2

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3185 (rev 03)

peel commented 5 years ago

@michas2 apparently you need to update BIOS as it introduces support for Linux on NUC8ixBEH family: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28394/BIOS-Update-BECFL357-86A-?product=126140 Had the same issue and updating BIOS solved it by updating. Works flawless now.

michalrus commented 5 years ago

O, hai. =)

peel commented 5 years ago

Hah, yeah, fatfingering through completions. duh, sorry.

michas2 commented 5 years ago

@peel Booting an Ubuntu-Image works perfectly fine. Therefore I'm pretty sure it is possible without any "BIOS" update.

knedlsepp commented 4 years ago

Having the same issue currently with an asus chromebook flip c302ca. Any news?

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