How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs)

Hi. I use Spacemacs v.0.300.0 (develop) atop Emacs 26.0.91. I compile Emacs 26 locally and stow it with GNU Stow. I would prefer to get Emacs 26 from Guix, which would be more automatic and would come configured to work with Guix-installed Emacs packages. So is Emacs 26 available from Guix? Un

Re: GTK applications crash on start

Alex ter Weele skribis: > I used gdb on the failing emacs: > > (gdb) bt > #0 0x77df4a1c in ?? () from > /gnu/store/n6acaivs0jwiwpidjr551dhdni5kgpcr-glibc-2.26.105-g0890d5379c/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 > #1 0x7fffefecbfbb in dlopen_doit () from > /gnu/store/3h31zsqxjjg52

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

2018-03-02 21:03 GMT+01:00 Andreas Enge : > Hello! > > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:02:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that > > regular contributors know, in addition to English? > > That sounds like a good idea. However, in the t

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

Gábor Boskovits skribis: > ("hu" > "Iratkozzon fel a „Help“ levelezőlistára, hogy segítséget kaphasson > e-mailben a GuixSD > és a GNU Guix közösségtől. Magyarul is küldhet üzeneteket.") Thanks! Ludo’.

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

Andreas Enge skribis: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:02:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that >> regular contributors know, in addition to English? > > That sounds like a good idea. However, in the text, I would still say that > En

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

Andreas Enge transcribed 1.6K bytes: > Hello! > > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:02:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that > > regular contributors know, in addition to English? > > That sounds like a good idea. However, in the text,

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

2018-03-02 21:07 GMT+01:00 Andreas Enge : > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 04:47:45PM +, ng0 wrote: > > On topic: I think it's too much to suggest to include something that > indicates > > the language of the post in the subject? > > I think people will easily recognise languages they speak in a post

Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)

Hey Pierre, On Fri, Mar 02 2018, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: An idea crossed my mind: from a foreign distribution with Guix installed, run guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt [...] Is there a simple way to do this without `herd'? There is! I followed the vague instructions in this me

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 04:47:45PM +, ng0 wrote: > On topic: I think it's too much to suggest to include something that indicates > the language of the post in the subject? I think people will easily recognise languages they speak in a post! Andreas

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

Hello! On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:02:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that > regular contributors know, in addition to English? That sounds like a good idea. However, in the text, I would still say that English is the preferred la

Re: GTK applications crash on start

It does appear to be running: $ sudo herd status nscd Status of nscd: It is started. Running value is 356. It is enabled. Provides (nscd). Requires (user-processes). Conflicts with (). Will be respawned. $ emacs -Q (process:15407): Gtk-WARNING **: Local

Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)

> As far as I understand, linux-libre turns off the ability to load > non-free firmware. Why is it so? It's a bug in the Linux kernel itself, caused by how it actually looks and loads stuff. See the reply given by Alexandre Oliva ([1]). [1]

Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)

An idea crossed my mind: from a foreign distribution with Guix installed, run guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt The documentation tells us that's not enough though: > With the target partitions ready and the target root mounted on ‘/mnt’, > we’re ready to go. First, run: > >

Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)

This was posted before: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-01/msg00041.html Unfortunately, I'm not able to acquire a wifi dongle at the moment. As far as I understand, linux-libre turns off the ability to load non-free firmware. Why is it so? Is it possible to re-enable the

Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

Ludovic Courtès transcribed 4.8K bytes: > Hello Guix! > > What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that > regular contributors know, in addition to English? > > The alternative would be to create separate language-specific lists, but > some (rightfully) think there’s a risk

Re: GTK applications crash on start

Alex ter Weele skribis: > The bottom of the output of LD_DEBUG=files emacs follows: > > 13244: initialize program: > /gnu/store/bk22dmj4x23h71pvpj1ndj5xdsm3mgdj-emacs-25.3/bin/emacs-25.3 > 13244: > 13244: > 13244: transferring control: > /gnu/store/bk22dmj4x23h71pvpj

Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

Hello Guix! What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that regular contributors know, in addition to English? The alternative would be to create separate language-specific lists, but some (rightfully) think there’s a risk of a disconnect with actual developers. Of course it’

Re: GTK applications crash on start

Hi Alex, Alex ter Weele skribis: > I used gdb on the failing emacs: > > (gdb) bt > #0 0x77df4a1c in ?? () from > /gnu/store/n6acaivs0jwiwpidjr551dhdni5kgpcr-glibc-2.26.105-g0890d5379c/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 > #1 0x7fffefecbfbb in dlopen_doit () from > /gnu/store/3h3

Re: Issues building older versions of Guix

Hi Chris, Christopher Baines skribis: > ERROR: In procedure getaddrinfo: > In procedure getaddrinfo: Servname not supported for ai_socktype > downloading file `gnu/packages/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz' > from > `http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/20170217/guil

Re: GTK applications crash on start

The bottom of the output of LD_DEBUG=files emacs follows: 13244: initialize program: /gnu/store/bk22dmj4x23h71pvpj1ndj5xdsm3mgdj-emacs-25.3/bin/emacs-25.3 13244: 13244: 13244: transferring control: /gnu/store/bk22dmj4x23h71pvpj1ndj5xdsm3mgdj-emacs-25.3/bin/emacs-25.3

Re: Reinstall GuixSD from another distribution with chroot (Recover Grub)

Hi Oleg, Thanks for sharing your tips. Oleg Pykhalov skribis: > I got a ‘grub.cfg’ with following entries for all system generations: > > menuentry "GNU with Linux-Libre 4.15.6 (beta)" { > search --label --set magnolia-root > } How did you end up with that? :-) > Chrooting into GuixSD syst

Re: guixbuild does not exist???

Konrad Hinsen skribis: > Thanks to both of you for the crucial hint. After installing nscd, > I can now again use Guix! For background info, see . Ludo’.

Re: Don't auto-start a service in Shepherd

Hello, Rutger Helling skribis: > Thanks for the replies. My use case is that I don't want to auto-start > SDDM, since I usually start GNOME (Wayland) from the TTY. However there > are certain cases where I want to start GNOME on X11, for which I do > need SDDM. > > On systemd you can do "systemc

Re: Moving a Raid drive

Hi, my glc2 skribis: > I had to move a HD to a different slot because of hardware issues. This > causes the raid member that was /dev/sdb1 to become /dev/sdc1 ... and ... > guixSD won't boot :-( > > Is there a way to work around this? Not really I’m afraid. The general recommendation is to *no