Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-26 Thread Joshua Branson
Bone Baboon writes: > I am trying to get the X server working on a computer that has Guix > installed. > > I was having trouble starting an X server on a computer and asked for > help about it here: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-03/msg00197.html > > I decided to try to get

Installing a previous version of a package

2021-03-26 Thread Bone Baboon
I am trying to install a previous version of a package but I am getting errors. In this case the current version of openvpn is 2.5.1 and I would like to install the 2.4.9 version. openvpn version 2.4.9 was packaged for Guix.

Re: Blender freezes i3wm

2021-03-26 Thread Ekaitz Zarraga
Hi all, I just tried with Gnome Desktop and I was able to replicate the same issue, it could be related with the hardware or with X11? I needed to push it a little bit further this time but I remember to sculpt the models I used for the testing in this actual device or the previous laptop, which

xorg-start-command

2021-03-26 Thread Bone Baboon
I am trying to start an X server. The X Window section of the Guix manual talks about `xorg-start-command`. I do not know how to use `xorg-start-command` in my system configuration. How is `xorg-start-command` used?

Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-26 Thread Bone Baboon
I am trying to get the X server working on a computer that has Guix installed. I was having trouble starting an X server on a computer and asked for help about it here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-03/msg00197.html I decided to try to get an X server working on two other

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 07:13:13AM +0800, Tim Lee wrote: > Does this mean that it is possible to participate (i.e. start new > threads and reply to posts) without subscribing to the list? > If so, that would be great because I don't want to receive an email for > every post or receive daily

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Tim Lee
> > Is that the correct description? Where is this documented? > > The moderation of new people on the mailing lists is undocumented and > ad-hoc. Does this mean that it is possible to participate (i.e. start new threads and reply to posts) without subscribing to the list? If so, that would be

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 06:55:18AM +0800, Tim Lee wrote: > Is that the correct description? Where is this documented? The moderation of new people on the mailing lists is undocumented and ad-hoc.

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 06:25:41AM +0800, Tim Lee wrote: > > Heh, there's a lot of infection happening this evening (see the other > > thread from ilmu) > > I tried to reply to that thread, but it appears that my mail did not > reach the mailing list. I am not subscribed to the mailing list, It >

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Tim Lee
Okay, now my emails are appearing in the archive, but only after I subscribe to the mailing list. Is that the expected behavior? >From my understanding: * Anyone can start a new thread by sending an email to help-guix@gnu.org, even if they are not subscribed to the mailing list. * Only

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Tim Lee
> Heh, there's a lot of infection happening this evening (see the other > thread from ilmu) I tried to reply to that thread, but it appears that my mail did not reach the mailing list. I am not subscribed to the mailing list, It appears that I can start new threads without subscribing, but I

Re: Something like nixos-infect?

2021-03-26 Thread Tim Lee
> Something like nixos-infect? It looks like there is something named "guix-infect": https://github.com/guix-mirror/guix/blob/v1.2.0/gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm#L191 Perhaps the blog article about 'guix deploy' would help you:

Re: 'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Vincent Legoll
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 9:55 PM Tim Lee wrote: > I am following this article to manage my Digital Ocean servers using > 'guix deploy': > https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/managing-servers-with-gnu-guix-a-tutorial/ > > However, I notice that the Digital Ocean deployment actually installs > Guix

Re: Something like nixos-infect?

2021-03-26 Thread Vincent Legoll
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 10:23 PM Vincent Legoll wrote: > Since you didn't fully explain what you want to achieve, > I'll speculate a bit... Or maybe you want to mutate a foreign distro (since they don't have guix images / OS templates) from a cloud provider into a real guix system... --

Re: Something like nixos-infect?

2021-03-26 Thread Vincent Legoll
Hello, Since you didn't fully explain what you want to achieve, I'll speculate a bit... On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 9:59 PM ilmu wrote: > This is what I have: git.sr.ht/~ilmu/server > > The reason I'm posting this here is twofold: > - maybe someone already has a solution they can share > - maybe

Re: Start Xorg server using xinit manually

2021-03-26 Thread Bone Baboon
Gary Johnson writes: > Hmm...that's odd. %desktop-services contains both the gdm-service and > the elogind-service, which should bring X along for the ride. It sounds > like something in your configuration is preventing these services from > presenting you with a graphical login screen. > >

Something like nixos-infect?

2021-03-26 Thread ilmu
Hi everyone, I'm in the process of moving to guix with all my systems and I'm trying to start with the “cloud”. While I have some experience with nixos, and linux more generally, I tend to be a bit helpless with some problems.. especially when I'm getting started. As a starting point I copied

'guix deploy' installs old version of Guix on Digital Ocean

2021-03-26 Thread Tim Lee
I am following this article to manage my Digital Ocean servers using 'guix deploy': https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/managing-servers-with-gnu-guix-a-tutorial/ However, I notice that the Digital Ocean deployment actually installs Guix version 1.0.1 (May 2019) instead of the latest version — 1.2.0

Re: Question about one package

2021-03-26 Thread Charles Direg
Hello everyone, I have a question, how can I optimize the compilation of packages with guix when I use --no-substitutes, for example to modify the flags for gcc like -mcpu=native, -march=native and -mtune=native? Thanks in advance... On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:02 AM Charles Direg wrote: > Good

Re: bug#45776: Bug? Haskell GHC wont' work since ghc@8.6?

2021-03-26 Thread Maxime Devos
On Fri, 2021-03-26 at 04:32 -0700, John Soo wrote: > Hello zimoun, > > I believe it can be closed, thanks! Done. You can close bugs yourself by sending an e-mail to ${BUG-NUMBER}-d...@debbugs.gnu.org. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

GNU Guix Test Pilot shirts and accessories

2021-03-26 Thread Luis Felipe
Hi Guix, Here is a collection of t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, and other items featuring the GNU Guix テストパイロット (Test Pilot) design from a recent call for testing in the Fediverse (https://mastodon.online/@luis_felipe/105917109210886738). The items are available in many colors (see this sample

Re: Help with copy-build-system

2021-03-26 Thread Raghav Gururajan
You need 2 entries then. Cool! Regards, RG. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Help with copy-build-system

2021-03-26 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
You need 2 entries then. -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Help with copy-build-system

2021-03-26 Thread Raghav Gururajan
Hi Pierre! With the same example, I was looking for a way where foo gets copied to as /target/bbb/foo. ("/source/aaa/parent" "/target/bbb/" #:include ("foo")) should work then. Thanks! Will that work with multiple files. Lets say I do #:include ("foo" "bar"). foo is in /source/aaa/foo and

Re: bug#45776: Bug? Haskell GHC wont' work since ghc@8.6?

2021-03-26 Thread John Soo
Hello zimoun, I believe it can be closed, thanks! - John

Re: Help with copy-build-system

2021-03-26 Thread Raghav Gururajan
Hi Pierre! I haven't looked closely at your patch, but here is the rule for copy-build-system if I'm not mistaken: the files matching #:include preserve the path relative to the first argument. For instance with this rule ("/source/aaa/" "/target/bbb/" #:include ("foo")) the file

Re: Help with copy-build-system

2021-03-26 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Hi, I haven't looked closely at your patch, but here is the rule for copy-build-system if I'm not mistaken: the files matching #:include preserve the path relative to the first argument. For instance with this rule ("/source/aaa/" "/target/bbb/" #:include ("foo")) the file

Re: bug#45776: Bug? Haskell GHC wont' work since ghc@8.6?

2021-03-26 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at 21:49, John Soo wrote: > Compiling with ghc requires a c toolchain (like gcc-toolchain) > installed to work. Can you try again after installing gcc-toolchain? > Ghc has not been perfect for me recently but I use it quite a lot. I think this bug can be closed. WDYT?