bug#60056: [PATCH RFC 1/6] build: Add gnu-build-system v2.

Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi! > > Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > >> * guix/build/gnu-build-system2.scm: New file. >> * Makefile.am (MODULES): Register it. >> * guix/build-system/gnu2.scm: Use it. > > I won’t be able to review it in the coming days; a quick note: > > • Changes to ‘gnu-

bug#60109: gnome-boxes and distributions

Hi, I've installed gnome-boxes and I found out that it proposes to download and run many distribution installers. As it contains many non-FSDG compliant distributions, many of these distributions probably contain nonfree firmwares at least. Not all distributions are problematic though, as it con

bug#60026: Failed to compute derivation bug

zimoun writes: > What are the resources (CPU/RAM/storage) of this rented VPS? `du -sh /gnu/store` reveals 423M and `du -sh /` reveals 5G. I doubt that storage is an issue here.

bug#60026: Failed to compute derivation bug

I just tried one more time before upgrading and got this: Backtrace: 15 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/kb4ygpgdg1db86321s0hq0amclsq11gq-compute-guix-derivation") In ice-9/eval.scm: 155:9 14 (_ _) 159:9 13 (_ #(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(# ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?)

bug#60026: Failed to compute derivation bug

Thanks for your help! zimoun writes: > What are the resources (CPU/RAM/storage) of this rented VPS? 1 core, 1GB ram, 20GB storage Joseph

bug#60010: [version 1.4.0] AMD screen stays black; modprobe fails

Hi Florian, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > Hello Ludo, sorry to say I attempted your modprobe patch that uses > (parameterize ((default-environment-variables … Bah, turns out it’s trickier than this. See . I figured I could test it in a VM. I ended

bug#60104: Hiccups installing GNU Guix 1.4.0rc2 system

Hi, "J. Sims" skribis: > I managed to successfully install the GNU Guix 1.4.0rc2 system iso on > an HP Dev One laptop (with help from USB stuff for > networking). Everything mostly went as expected, except after the > installation I got a screen saying crypttab couldn't find a specific > partiti

bug#60106: [Shepherd 0.9.3] ‘system*’ replacement cannot be passed environment variables

As we found out while debugging , the Shepherd 0.9.3, with its ‘system*’ replacement (aka. ‘spawn-command’), makes it very hard to spawn a command with different environment variables. The following options don’t work: • Changing shepherd’s own environment var

bug#60002: installer console garbled on 1984.is VPS

Attila Lendvai writes: > their response: "I changed the video mode in libvirt to virtio instead of the > default cirrus." Yes yes, now that you mention cirrus, yhetil.org turns up results: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/36069 Could you test that patch maybe? Well of course it would maybe require

bug#59784: [version 1.4.0rc1] Retrying a failed install fails

Desperately I tried also adding fsync, to no avail, both issues remain. Non-working patch attached. Maybe dynamic-wind is an inappropriate pattern here? If I interrupt installation using Ctrl-C (which I normally don’t, instead I unplug Ethernet), then I have to press Ctrl-C twice. Maybe that cou

bug#59546: qutebrowser and icecat stuck in infinite browser checks (cloudflare) on applicable sites

On Thu Dec 15, 2022 at 7:26 AM CST, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > That's a good lead; could you please test qutebrowser in Guix vs > qutebrowser on another distribution yourself and confirm this hypothesis > (that it works elsewhere?), and post your finings here? If you can do > that and post your find

bug#59784: [version 1.4.0rc1] Retrying a failed install fails

Hi Ludo… Ludovic Courtès writes: > This time, I believe we only ever copy the database when we’re sure no > guix-daemon process is accessing it. Failure. In addition to your partially helpful patch from before (with which a second resume now works most of the time), I now tried further the new

bug#60010: [version 1.4.0] AMD screen stays black; modprobe fails

Hello Ludo, sorry to say I attempted your modprobe patch that uses (parameterize ((default-environment-variables … No good. Screen is black. Same [ modprobe ] failure in dmesg on QEMU and on real AMD hardware. There are workarounds by surrounding modprobe within strace or alternatively using ke

bug#60056: [PATCH RFC 1/6] build: Add gnu-build-system v2.

Hi! Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > * guix/build/gnu-build-system2.scm: New file. > * Makefile.am (MODULES): Register it. > * guix/build-system/gnu2.scm: Use it. I won’t be able to review it in the coming days; a quick note: • Changes to ‘gnu-build-system’ need thorough review, so don’t hesit

bug#60002: installer console garbled on 1984.is VPS

close done > So the admins are using a Web interface to QEMU. Which one? What -vga > > option is it using? their response: "I changed the video mode in libvirt to virtio instead of the default cirrus." this has fixed both the garbling of text, and the resizing of the console to accommodate fo

bug#59256: Emacs-guix tab-completion returns gexp error

The problem can be tracked back from elisp procedure `guix-pcomplete-search-in-help` in guix-pcomplete.el to `guix-help-string` in guix-misc.el, to this problematic code : ``` (guix-eval-read "(help-string )") ``` The procedure help-string exists, as can be seen below : ``` (guix-eval-read "(b

bug#59546: qutebrowser and icecat stuck in infinite browser checks (cloudflare) on applicable sites

Hi, "bdju" writes: [...] >> I've had that too with Gitlab when using Icecat. Sadly, it has nothing >> to do with Guix but with how Cloudfare and the website identifies >> browsers. >> >> For example, I had found out that by using a Windows Firefox 83 user >> agent, I was able to login into Git

bug#59546: qutebrowser and icecat stuck in infinite browser checks (cloudflare) on applicable sites

On Wed Dec 14, 2022 at 10:32 PM CST, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hello, > > "bdju" writes: > > > I have hit this issue before, but not in a while. I don't know for sure > > when the issue came back as it only matters for the initial login or > > visit of the offending sites, so if you manage to get p

bug#60026: Failed to compute derivation bug

Hi, On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 at 10:20, Joseph Turner via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote: > This occurred on a guix installation on a foreign distro, yes. On a > VPS I rent, which I recently upgraded to Debian 11. Guix was installed > using `apt install guix`. What are the resources (CPU/RAM/storage