Re: Modify Channels for all users

2019-05-26 Thread Reza Alizadeh Majd
I just aware about that copying the skeleton files is a one time operation, we can't modify skeleton files later with a new system configuration file for existing users. do we have any solution to copy skeleton files to existing users home directories on each execution of guix system

Re: skeleton files in sub-directories

2019-05-26 Thread ison
I think mkdir-p is a better option here. It will create all missing directories so there's no need to run 2 mkdir commands, and won't give an error if the directories already exist.

Re: skeleton files in sub-directories

2019-05-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "Reza Alizadeh Majd" skribis: > the problem is that some of these skeletons are located in sub-directories, > for > example `~/.local/share/foo/bar.cfg`. and when I run `guix system reconfigure` > I receive errors about missing parent directory (`~/.local/share/foo` in this > example). >

Re: Do not use tor with browsers other than tor browser

2019-05-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Alex Vong skribis: > The reason is as followed: Tor allows you to browse the internet > anonymously. It works by making users using the same version of tor > browser indistinguishable (i.e. in the same anonymity set[0]). This only > works if all the browsers have the same fingerprint. Using

Re: GuixSD 1.0.1 Impressions

2019-05-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice skribis: > oury.dus...@posteo.net wrote: >> 3. The graphical installer gives you the option to set the keyboard >> layout, however when I finally booted into the OS a few keys need to >> be pressed twice (example: ~,´,¨,¨,^) and not long-pressing them >> gives >> accented

Re: Modify Channels for all users

2019-05-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "Reza Alizadeh Majd" skribis: > I want to add a custom channel for all users, one way would be using the > skeleton files > to add `channel.scm` to each user's home directory. Just wanted to know if > there is > any other solution to do this or not? I think a skeleton for

Re: GuixSD 1.0.1 Impressions

2019-05-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
oury.dus...@posteo.net wrote: 3. The graphical installer gives you the option to set the keyboard layout, however when I finally booted into the OS a few keys need to be pressed twice (example: ~,´,¨,¨,^) and not long-pressing them gives accented characters. I´m not sure how to fix this at

Re: how to unmount disk after guix system init error?

2019-05-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
zna...@disroot.org wrote: /dev/sdb1 150Mb BIOS Boot You're throwing away 149 MiB ;-) Make this 1 MiB (at most), and give the rest to one of your other partitions instead. Kind regards, T G-R signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Grub Bios Boot filesystem description

2019-05-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
zna...@disroot.org wrote: Hello! If I want to part my disk and to use 3 partitions: 1) Bios Grub, 2) Linux filesystem, and 3) Linux Swap should I describe my Bios Grub filesystem Nitpick: it's not a file system, just some reserved raw sectors for GRUB. GNU/Linux (ergo Guix) can't read from

Re: Grub Bios Boot filesystem description

2019-05-26 Thread Raghav Gururajan
> This is my config, that does not contain item for /dev/sdb1 file system that > is for bios grub: > https://termbin.com/t2pr > Will it work fine? It appears you are using "grub-bootloader". Assuming you used GPT, just make sure the partition sdb1 was created/formatted as "BIOS Boot Partition".

Re: Grub Bios Boot filesystem description

2019-05-26 Thread Raghav Gururajan
> should I describe my Bios Grub filesystem in '(operating-system (file-systems > (list ...)))' or just > only in '(operating-system (bootloader ...))' section? You do not need to mention grub in "file-system" section of config. You have to mention just the device "sdX" NOT with the partition

Re: Grub Bios Boot filesystem description

2019-05-26 Thread znavko
This is my config, that does not contain item for /dev/sdb1 file system that is for bios grub: https://termbin.com/t2pr Will it work fine? May 26, 2019 12:27 PM, zna...@disroot.org wrote: > Hello! If I want to part my disk and to use 3 partitions: > 1) Bios Grub, > 2) Linux filesystem, and > 3)

Grub Bios Boot filesystem description

2019-05-26 Thread znavko
Hello! If I want to part my disk and to use 3 partitions: 1) Bios Grub, 2) Linux filesystem, and 3) Linux Swap should I describe my Bios Grub filesystem in '(operating-system (file-systems (list ...)))' or just only in '(operating-system (bootloader ...))' section? If I need to describe grub

how to unmount disk after guix system init error?

2019-05-26 Thread znavko
Hello! I am trying to install Guix on other notebook. when I've parted it with fdisk using such partitions: /dev/sdb1 50Gb Linux filesystem /dev/sdb2 9Gb Linux swap then `guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt` gave the error: Embedding is not possible. Grub can only be installed in this

Re: Installer: GUIX_IMAGE as /dev/sda on some hardware?

2019-05-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
[Part two, having made my train connection with 8 seconds to spare.] Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: But wait! There's the /dev/disk/by-id/ tree, I did not notice it until now! :-) Yes! That's what I meant! Thank you. I'll be sure to use the udev terminology for this in future, it's confusing

Re: Installer: GUIX_IMAGE as /dev/sda on some hardware?

2019-05-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Giovanni, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: /dev/xdyN names have never been safe to use in this way I'm not talking about partitions ;-) Neither was I. Force o' habit. May your partitions never be in random order. According my faulty memory (I cannot reproduce it now) /dev/sd is what the

skeleton files in sub-directories

2019-05-26 Thread Reza Alizadeh Majd
Hi Guix, I want to add a series of configuration files to each user's home directory. for this I could use skeletons in operating system definitions. the problem is that some of these skeletons are located in sub-directories, for example `~/.local/share/foo/bar.cfg`. and when I run `guix

Re: Do not use tor with browsers other than tor browser

2019-05-26 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
oury.dus...@posteo.net writes: > This is interesting because on GuixSD 1.0.1 when I download tor > browser and try to start it I receive an error > > ruki@guix ~/Downloads/tor-browser_en-US$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop > bash: ./start-tor-browser.desktop: /usr/bin/env: bad interpreter: No >