I give up.

Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <[email protected]>

Author: marcan

src/main.py

@@ -863,39 +863,24 @@ def main(self):
                 p_warning("critical Apple bug, this combination can lead to an unbootable system under")
                 p_warning("certain conditions.")
                 print()
-                p_warning("More information:")
+                p_error("Given the complexity of the issue, we cannot detect whether this install is")
+                p_error("safe or could render your machine unbootable as a side-effect of the")
+                p_error("installation process. This is out of our control, as the fault lies entirely")
+                p_error("in Apple's code (which is involved in the install process).")
                 print()
-                p_plain( f"    {col(BLUE, BRIGHT)}https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/macOS-Sonoma-Boot-Failures{col()}")
+                p_error("We cannot continue with the install. Sorry. You will have to wait for Apple")
+                p_error("to fix this properly in a future update. We promise we tried everything we")
+                p_error("could to find a safe way to proceed, but Apple's haphazard updates and changes")
+                p_error("in response to this bug made the situation so complicated we had to give up")
+                p_error("until they fix it properly.")
                 print()
-
-                p_info(f"  Current refresh rate: {col()}{hz} Hz")
-                print()
-
-                if hz != 120.0:
-                    p_error(f"{col(BLINK)}CRITICAL ERROR: {col(NBLINK)}Your display refresh rate is set to")
-                    p_error("something other than 120Hz / ProMotion mode.")
-                    print()
-                    p_error("You MUST change this to ProMotion mode IMMEDIATELY. Your machine is currently")
-                    p_error("unable to use System RecoveryOS, which is a very dangerous situation.")
-                    p_error("This is a critical Apple bug. Do NOT use non-ProMotion mode until this bug is")
-                    p_error("confirmed fixed.")
-                    print()
-                    sys.exit(1)
-                else:
-                    p_warning(f"{col(BLINK)}WARNING:{col(NBLINK)} Your display refresh is set to ProMotion mode.")
-                    p_warning("DO NOT CHANGE THIS TO ANY OTHER MODE. Doing so would make your System RecoveryOS")
-                    p_warning("stop working, which is a very dangerous situation. This is a critical Apple bug.")
-                    print()
-                    p_warning("Please update to the next version of macOS as soon as it is available, which")
-                    p_warning("should roll forward to the next System RecoveryOS version and clear the danger.")
-                    print()
-                p_warning("You may continue the install, but you MUST NOT change the refresh rate until")
-                p_warning("Apple fixes this bug. Doing so would break your system. Proceed at your own")
-                p_warning("risk.")
+                p_plain( f"    {col(BLUE, BRIGHT)}https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/macOS-Sonoma-Boot-Failures{col()}")
                 print()
-                if not self.yesno("Continue anyway?"):
-                    sys.exit(0)
+                p_plain("If you have another Mac handy, doing a DFU \"Revive\" using Apple Configurator")
+                p_plain("from the other machine may put your machine into a safer state that allows us")
+                p_plain("to continue with the installation.")
                 print()
+                sys.exit(1)
             else:
                 p_warning( "WARNING: You have a MacBook Pro with a ProMotion display, and you have")
                 p_warning(f"System Firmware version {BUGGY_SFR_MIN} or newer. These firmware versions are")
@@ -913,9 +898,20 @@ def main(self):
                     print()
                     sys.exit(1)
 
-                p_warning("You are currently using ProMotion mode. You may continue the install")
-                p_warning("but you MUST NOT change the refresh rate until Apple fixes this bug.")
-                p_warning("There is nothing we can do on our end. Proceed at your own risk.")
+                p_warning("It is possible for your machine to be in a silently broken state, which")
+                p_warning("will cause it to boot to a black during the installation. We have no way")
+                p_warning("to reliably know ahead of time whether this will happen.")
+                print()
+                p_warning("If you have never changed your display refresh rate away from ProMotion")
+                p_warning("mode, you should be safe. If you indeed get stuck with a black screen")
+                p_warning("after the boot logo, you must follow these steps:")
+                print()
+                p_plain("  1. Fully shut down the machine by holding down the power button for 20 sec")
+                p_plain("  2. QUICKLY press, release, and press and hold the power button")
+                print()
+                p_warning("This will allow you to get into the boot picker and boot into macOS again.")
+                p_warning("In this case, installing Asahi Linux will not be possible for you until")
+                p_warning("Apple fully fixes this mess.")
                 print()
                 if not self.yesno("Continue anyway?"):
                     sys.exit(0)