Cannot use `archinstall` script

Terence64w · 2022-10-06 06:02:46

Hi,

my monitor have 3840*2160 pixels and dimension of 622*344 mm [28 inches (710 mm) diagonal], the ZSH-Promt don't let change fonts-dimension (e.g. `setfont ter-132n` or even 232n, 732n, 932n) but at least, if I issue the command:

 ls /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts

the display is full populated with outputs and I can still read some (even if bad) text.

But.. when I start the `archinstall`-script, this take just 40*70 mm (B*H, ca. 2*3 inches) on the top-left-corner and there I can not read anything more.
I try with a magnifier, but... the script stop to work by formatting the drive and become black.

Does someone know how to remedy this?

V1del · 2022-10-06 08:08:36

Moving to guided installer subsection. Please try to do so from the get go, that way the actual script maintainer should get notified.

Terence64w · 2022-10-06 09:39:31

V1del wrote:

Moving to guided installer subsection. Please try to do so from the get go, that way the actual script maintainer should get notified.

Thanks!

Hardware "Specs":

Resolution: 3840x2160
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (16) @ 3.800GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX Vega 56/64
Memory:  64173MiB 

fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1,82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 488378646 sectors
Disk model: Force MP600                             
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier:<xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Device             Start       End   Sectors  Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1       256    262399    262144    1G EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2    262400 461635839 461373440  1,7T Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 461635840 486801663  25165824   96G Linux swap

Following those instructions: 4Kn-Formatting

Last edited by Terence64w (2022-10-06 09:48:02)

Awebb · 2022-10-06 10:14:19

Have you tried booting it with "nomodeset" to disable KMS or perhaps "video=" with some resolution like 1024x768 or whatever you think might work?

EDIT: Alternatively, try the full filename: "setfont ter-120n.psf.gz"

EDIT: Also https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HiDPI# … sole_(tty)

Last edited by Awebb (2022-10-06 10:19:12)

Terence64w · 2022-10-08 15:00:37

Awebb wrote:

Have you tried booting it with "nomodeset" to disable KMS or perhaps "video=" with some resolution like 1024x768 or whatever you think might work?
EDIT: Alternatively, try the full filename: "setfont ter-120n.psf.gz"
EDIT: Also https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HiDPI# … sole_(tty)

I don't know where to set "nomodeset" but I will try with "video=1920x1080" or less as you propose but, first I will try with the full name of "setfont ter-123n.psf.gz"

P.S.: Maybe for your interest, as I ask the resolution with "videoinfo", I got you mentioned resolution with/plus

 preferred resolution 3840x2160

Terence64w · 2022-10-09 09:35:52

well, I don't like to make such post, but I'm forced to, sorry in advance.

It was possible to boot with readable display, but got a lot of additional problems with `archinstall` (AI) that end (always) with no OS on the disk.

1. Apparently is the AI emotional loaded, as soon the user make something the AI don't like (wrong resolution, capital-letter-beginning "hostname", modify/assign mount-point, etc., etc.)... 1st become darker, 2nd flickering and 3rd got black => without any error message, just switch-off the display.
2. After many unsuccessful attempts, I decide to use `video=1024x768 ` solution because one of the manual installation instruction is `modprobe btrfs`, unsure what `nomodeset` is doing, I desist to use this "switch".
3. By all attempts I made, I learn... DON'T use `reboot` but `shutdown now`, otherwise the AI send a signal to UEFI to reboot a not existent/installed OS.
4. A partitioning and/or formatting before starting AI is useless, the AI recognize these partitions but is not able to mount them assigning an `ext4` as boot, the swap is ignored exactly like arc-derivate installed with `calamares` (GUI) in last months.
5. It's not clear what GUI-apps are doing when the user choose to use `btrfs`, a partitioning "code" for such FS is not existing, only a Linux (8300) partitioning and a forced formatting (`mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/nvme0n1p2`), but... this has to be done even with `ext4` if you have a 4kn-"disk" 4Kn-Formatting, not true? The CLI colleague made it worse:

a) the results of arch-auto format with `btrfs`:

fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 488378646 sectors
Disk model: Force MP600                             
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: <disk identifier>

Device                       Start       End              Sectors          Size    Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1    256        131071        130816          511M  EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2   131328  488378623  488247296   1.8T    Linux filesystem

Note: the AI give 512 MiB

b) here the manual partition and formatting as per link above:

fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 488378646 sectors
Disk model: Force MP600                             
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: <disk identifier>

Device                       Start         End                  Sectors          Size    Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1    256           262399           262144          1G      EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2    262400    487850239    487587840    1.8T   Linux filesystem

c) this the output of my manual partition and `btrfs` formatting:

blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="<uuid>" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI-0003" PARTUUID="<part-uuiid>"
/dev/nvme0n1p2: UUID="<uuid>" UUID_SUB="<uuid-sub>" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="btrfs" PARTLABEL="ARCH-0003" PARTUUID="<partuuid>"

My conclusions:
- Few seconds after start installing OS, the same will abort with a long error-list, even with blank "disk" and automatic partitioning and formatting.
- Those errors will not displayed during the presumably "wrong" input, but only at the end.
- I suspect, the AI is not able to handle "4Kn" or not properly, I will make a picture and post the link for the more experts than me.

Note: I would be willing to do manual partitioning and formatting, including the sub-volumes, but only if the AI takes it over and inserts it properly.

Last edited by Terence64w (2022-10-09 09:41:58)

Terence64w · 2022-10-09 16:13:27

As presumed, the `archinstall` (AI) don't understand formatting a `fvat` with 4k and fails, Photo of Error-Message.

I suppose, the `btrfs`-script in not good enough.

EDIT: No answer or solution?

Last edited by Terence64w (2022-10-10 08:15:45)

Lone_Wolf · 2022-10-10 10:07:51

There's probably only one person that understands those scripts well enough AND is willing to answer :
the archinstall creator/maintainer Torxed .

Torxed does respond to topics on this sub-board, but it may be a while before that happens (days or even weeks).
If you want a faster response, try creating an issue on https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall , upstream for this project.

You can also find the btfrs handling script there and check yourself how it works and maybe suggest how to improve it.

ZetaRevan · 2022-10-28 03:02:48

Also note that the disk issue from the latest iso, along with a workaround, is also noted in this thread:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280254

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Cannot use `archinstall` script

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