Re: Remove Package from Gnome Meta-Package

Lee Thompson writes: > Hi All, > > Is there an analogue in Guix for NixOS's `excludePackage`? Under NixOS I > had something like the following in my system config: >> environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs.gnome; [ >> cheese >> epiphany >> gnome-music >> ]; I think it can be

Re: Adding a menu entry on GRUB.

William writes: > Hello. > > I'm currently trying to add a menu entry on GRUB through the Guix > system declaration to boot another GNU+Linux system but I don't have > much clue how to do it with this setup. > > The other system currently has three partitions, one for "/boot", > one for "/" and o

Re: catch2-3.5.1.drv fails to build with home reconfigure, but succeeds with build

Richard Sent writes: > So I was wrong and it turned out to be a mainline bug, but one that was > only present on x86 32-bit. Here's the reports: > > https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/issues/307 > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68429 > https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/issues/2796 Hello, catch2

Re: How to delete per-user profiles

Jorge writes: > Hi!  I have removed (via Gnome Settings) user `jorge-morais' from my > Gentoo GNU/Linux system, but its Guix profiles remain.  How do I remove > them, so Guix GC can clean the store?  Can I simply remove the directory > `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/jorge-morais' ? Yes, that's

Re: Eradicating PulseAudio

Robby Zambito writes: > Hi, > > Please help me eradicate PulseAudio from my system. It causes me nothing > but pain. My most commonly run commands according to my bash history are > pulsemixer followed by pgrep pulseaudio, which I use to debug my audio > issues, and pkill pulseaudio followed by h

Re: Trying to understand why GUIX isn't reading configuration file?

Patrick Pippen writes: > Previously what I thought was a gdm issue, upon further investigation I > believe this to be a guix issue or my lack of understanding guix way of > doing things. > My current issue is after installing guix with a guided installation. I > preceded to install bspwm as a use

Re: Using ibus input methods in Emacs GTK+

Luis Felipe writes: > Hello, > > I upgraded my Guix system (currently on 17fadbb) and now I can type > Japanese again (thanks, 宋文武). However, ibus input methods are > working everywhere (GTK, GTK+, Qt) except in Emacs GTK+, which is > unexpected because typing Japanese in Emacs

Blind people unable to install Guix System

Simen Endsjø writes: > It was brought to my attention that blind people runs into problems installing > Guix System, while Debian and Arch have solved this better. > > The problem is outlined by the user k.g.roberts, ref > : > > The install

Re: Newbie: Run previous version of Inkscape that exists in /gnu/store

Rodrigo Morales writes: > [...] > | 140M/gnu/store/qp8msw5js3gdpdlq1r8nxz4frnzc39lh-inkscape-1.1.1 > | 181M/gnu/store/3a7a5i1f4c917vlnzyy9d68s55ijiq50-inkscape-1.2.1 > > I want to run v1.1.1 because I want to do some experiments to test the > performance of these two versions. Preferably,

Re: Message by a novice

anguriamelone--- via writes: > Hi to everyone. > > I am a novice in GNU Guix, so far I used Trisquel GN-Linux 9.0.2 > (i686), but at the end of April the support for the i686 version has > been discontinued. Hello, while not abandoned, i686 support in Guix is not well maintained. Which means les

Re: firefox window crashes when opening dialog box on xfce

"jgart" writes: > hi, > > My Firefox window crashes when opening a dialog box using xfce-service-type > on Guix System. > > Any thoughts on where I can start debugging this? Hello, I think you can launch it via a terminal (eg: xfce4-terminal) to see the output when crash. (My icecat is working

Re: desktop services

Gottfried writes: > Hi, > > 1. > In the manual 12.9.9 there are several desktop services mentioned > > But cinnamon-desktop and kde plasma-desktop is not mentioned, > even though you can download the cinnamon and plasma-desktop packages. > > Are the mentioned desktop services like Gnome, XFCE, MA

Re: catfish

Gottfried writes: > Hi, > > I deleted catfish from my default profile > and wanted it to install in a separate profile. > But it failed 3 times. > > here the message > can somebody check what that means? Hello, catfish had been fixed in master (with commit 1fc66b9db). Run 'guix pull' to get it,

Re: display manager doesn't read ~/.xsession when it is a symlink

Rodrigo Morales writes: > [...] > I've symlinked `~/my/guix-config/xdg/xsession' to `~/.xsession' by > using the following instruction in > `~/my/guix-config/home-configuration.scm' (see appendix for my > complete configuration) > > , > | (... some omitted lines ...) > |(ser

Re: Help-Guix Digest, Vol 88, Issue 4

Gottfried writes: > Hi, Hello! > 1. >> GUIX_PROFILE="~/guix-profiles/emacs/emacs" >>> . "$GUIX_PROFILE"/etc/profile > > As unexperienced in Scheme I am asking > if the second line beginning with the "dot" is separated for easier > read, but everything is one command? Those 2 line are bash co

Re: Newbie question: Why my system has so many shells.scm files?

Rodrigo Morales writes: > Table of Contents > _ > > 1. The context > 2. The question > > > 1 The context > = > > Newbie user here. I'm curious about how `home-bash-configuration' > works, so I wanted to jump to its definition. I know that one way of > doing this

Re: Newbie user: Feedback on custom package definition

Rodrigo Morales writes: > [...] > | #:builder > | #~(begin > | (use-modules (guix build utils)) > | (chdir (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source")) > | (install-file "org-recoll.el" > |(string-append > |

Re: attempt to create a profile

Kyle Andrews writes: > In my case I am hopeful there must be some way to extend the man and info > paths when multiple profiles are activated, and maybe that would resolve > my particular issue. I would love a suggestion to be placed in the > cookbook about this. Hello, you can merge search-path

Re: problems with "gedit"

Gottfried writes: > Hi, > > gfp@Tuxedo ~$ guix upgrade gedit > The following package will be upgraded: >gedit 42.2 -> 44.1 > > guix upgrade: error: profile contains conflicting entries for dconf > guix upgrade: error: first entry: dconf@0.40.0 > /gnu/store/gkr4pbmc7320zvrnl48mjacpb3km00j7-d

Re: New package request: aspell-dict-bn

Akib Azmain Turja writes: > I didn't modify any Guix files. I put that in a file (along with > supporting forms) and passed the file to "guix package". > > I have the Guix repository (as left by "guix pull"), but how can I test > my changes? Hello, The guix manual (info guix or better viewed in

Re: New package request: aspell-dict-bn

Akib Azmain Turja writes: > I need Bangla (Bengali) dictionary for GNU Aspell. So I searched and > found one on GNU FTP, and I tried to pack it, here's my attempt, works > for me: > > (define-public aspell-dict-bn > (aspell-dictionary >"bn" "Bengali" >#:version "0.01.1-1" >#:sha256

Re: GUIX behind a proxy

"Diederich, Stefan" writes: > Dear Sir or Madame, > > I installed guix with the installation script provided > > sudo sh guix-install.sh > > After this I added some the https_proxy and http_proxy to the environment in > the file /etc/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service: > > # This is a "service u

Re: no C_INCLUDE_PATH env variable defined : I can't compile C applications

Mohamed Amine LEGHERABA writes: > Thanks Ricardo for your answer. > > Sorry if my message was not clear, > I don't have the env variable C_INCLUDE_PATH in my guix system and I > should have it because I have the packages "gcc-toolchain" and > "linux-libre-headers" in my home profile. > When I run

Re: Deploy to guix machine

Reza Housseini writes: >> Try replacing "~" with (getenv "HOME")? I don't see anything in the >> manual about it auto-expanding tildes like Bash does. > > Thanks good catch, I tried it but the error message is still the same > must be something different. I especially wonder why it was working >

Re: bug#56778: Why Emacs is echoing message for each installed Emacs package while startup

Akib Azmain Turja writes: > From d4b449e7c129a6d44414790ad36046e4d325a55e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20A=2E=20Gomes?= > Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 14:42:12 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: emacs: Suppress loading messages. Pushed with adjusted commit message, thank you!

Re: simple config with just startx not working for me

Andreas Reuleaux writes: > [...] > I want to start X on my system with startx - i.e. log into my system > just from a tty, and then start X by hand (and i3 will be my window > manager, I just have an .xsession file in my $HOME, where I start i3) Hello, you can use 'xorg-server-service-type' (not

Re: GNU Guix 1.3.0 released

Maxim Cournoyer writes: > We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix 1.3.0! > > This release corresponds to 8,300 commits over almost 6 months by 212 > people. Support for the POWER9 platform is now offered as technological > preview. This release adds new features, refines the user exp

Re: Avoiding PYTHONPATH - latest?

Hello! Phil writes: >> I've been having an argument with myself over the last 4 days about if >> Guix's use of PYTHONPATH is a necessary evil or avoidable on a foreign OS. >> >> I've found references to a similar discussion last year, and reference >> to using a 'fake virtual environment' (does a

Re: Environment variables on GNOME on foreign distro (Debian)

Jorge writes: > Hi. On a previous thread [1] I asked about best practices for Guix > environment variables on foreign distro. My problem was not > fundamentally solved, and it resurfaced again recently. Hello, I'd say it's not a solved problem in general. > In summary: > > I use Guix on an up

Re: Failed to autoload make-page-map in (charting)

刘力铭 writes: >> Note that mirror.hydra.gnu.org is defunct. You should use >> ci.guix.gnu.org, which is the only build farm that is provided by the >> Guix project. > > Sadly, my network provider block ci.guix.gnu.org (I'm in mainland China)... > Is there a mirror for ci.guix.gnu.org? I just found

Re: Xfce4 localization in Guix System for only one exact user

zna...@disroot.org writes: > Yes, Julien, you are right! > Changing config file to this: > > (operating-system ... > (locale "ru_RU.utf8")) > > and running as root: > > # guix pull > # guix package -u > # guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm > # guix package -u > > made all my

Re: Installation of Guix hangs

Tomasz Chrzczonowicz writes: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to install Guix 1.0.1.i686 on my old 1,6GHz, 1 GB RAM netbook. > > The installation hags during the "copying to /mnt" part. Is there a > way for me to troubleshoot the installation? Hell, did you use the graphical installer? Maybe y

Re: A question about manifest for my profile

hub.lomb...@free.fr writes: > Hi Guix! > > I generated a 'manifest-to-manifest.scm' manifest of all the packages > installed in my user profile, using this Guile script (I can not find the > address anymore) > >

Re: Writing and Bulding emacs-weechat package: In procedure url-fetch, Invalid keyword

b0f0 writes: > Hello Guix ! > (This is my first mail to a newsgroup. ) Welcome! (This is a mailing list, a newsgroup should be accessed via NNTP instead.) > I would like to package the emacs-weechat package. > I run this command in my terminal: > > $guix import elpa -a melpa emacs-weechat > > I

Re: GNU Guix 1.0.0 released

Ludovic Courtès writes: > We are thrilled to announce the release of GNU Guix 1.0.0! > > This 1.0 release is a major milestone for Guix. It represents 7 years > of hard work with more than 40,000 commits by 260 people, 19 releases, > and an equally amazing amount of work on documentation, transl

Re: xorg-configuration questions

John Soo writes: > Hey all, > > I love the idea of having one record for keyboard layout and I just > reconfigured my system with the new configuration but my settings won't take. > I've had issues with the old > `extra-config` options in the past (nothing worked then including the > cst-track

Re: Does not halt after Menu - Logout - Shut down and closing notebook hood

writes: > When I return to notebook (even 8-10 hours later) and open it I see it is > working and lines in a black screen go there. Something like 'stoping > service.. will now halt'. And it turning off. > > Please, how to configure it not to sleep when I close hood but to halt when I > want i

Re: racket

Benjamin Slade writes: > When run Racket, in the REPL, the first command I execute runs fine. But > the second (no matter what it is, even if it's just the first again) > always produces: > > ; ptr-ref: contract violation > ; expected: (and/c cpointer? (not/c (lambda (p) (pointer-equal? p #f)))

Re: Something broke

Jone writes: Hello! > Hi, people! There are also prepared packages - why not a give to the > world this? As third-patry, no warranty. > Or is it still an experimental distro for hackers? I have prepared 3 > packages, they are not in the official delivery, but where can I send > them? If you ha

Re: Multilib support: running 32-bit binaries on 64-bit systems

Pierre Neidhardt writes: > Guix already supports cross-compilation out of the box of 32-bit > packages on any architecture: > > guix build --system=i686-linux PACKAGES... > > Now the question is: is it possible to run the produced binaries > directly (no VM)? Yes, you can run i686 binaries

Re: Error system reconfigure with guix-latest

Jone writes: > Hello! > I'm newbie. After update system (guix pull) I see this error: > > root@guix ~# guix system -n reconfigure /etc/CURRENT.scm > /etc/CURRENT.scm:37:24: error: you need these modules in the initrd for > /dev/sdb2: sata_nv pata_acpi Hello, this is due to recently added functin

Re: Performance issues with /gnu/store in virtual machines

l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hi Chris, > > Christopher Baines skribis: > >> 1.130.19 0 3853 openat > > [...] > >> 13.560.193014 50 3853 openat > > So openat(2) is 4 orders of magnitude slower in the VM, which is a > probl

Re: retroarch on Trisquel

Caleb Herbert writes: > Why does retroarch have black rectangles where icons should be, and > missing paths to fonts? > > Why does the file browser not detect z64 files? I think these are due to missing assets and core info files, which can be downloaded via the 'Online Updater'. Hope it helps!

Re: StumpWM package doesn't work

Toni Reina writes: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install `sbcl-stumpwm` package and looks like it doesn't > work correctly. It's installed with no errors, but it doesn't generate > the stumpwm binary file. > > The following package will be installed: >sbcl-stumpwm 0.9.9 > /gnu/store/z92ri0kgj

Re: Some questions regarding GuixSD

dian_ce...@zoho.com writes: > On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 09:50:11AM +0800, 宋文武 wrote: >> dian_ce...@zoho.com writes: >> >> On GuixSD, you can rollback the whole system safely and easily (by >> choosing a grub menu item at boot). > > I don't guess you happen to

Re: Some questions regarding GuixSD

dian_ce...@zoho.com writes: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:18:40AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> > 2) Are multiple versions of a package in the tree at any given time? >> >> You can have multiple profiles, each containing a different version of a >> given package, for example. >> >> The source

Re: .xinitrc ignored

gno writes: > Hello guys ! > > First off, guix is great, even if it takes quite some time to get used > to :) Yeah, welcome! > > I made it work in no time and am now running guixsd (lightweight > desktop setup with awesome). I'd like to keep at it but I do need to > solve 2 problems first. I was

Re: How to install an old package version?

Hartmut Goebel writes: > Hi, > > I'm curious about how to install an old package version with guix. > > Example for what I mean: > > In e.g Debian, the list of available packages is separate from apt-get > (et al.). So I can query all available versions of a package and > install the version I ne

Re: uwsgi and Pyramid

Myles English writes: > Hello, Welcome! > > I have defined some packages to install Pyramid (a Python web > framework) here: > https://gist.github.com/mylese/861b4765e9f533bafa2cb2b305974caa > > Now I am trying to get my python app (my_app), served by uwsgi > but get the infamous "no app loaded"

Re: inputs vs. native-inputs vs. propagated-inputs

Hartmut Goebel writes: > Hi, > > I'm a bit confused about the difference between inputs, native-inputs > and propagated-inputs. > > The manual states: > > The distinction between ‘native-inputs’ and ‘inputs’ is > necessary when considering cross-compilation. When >

Re: icedtea is installed, but no javac available.

Dmitry Nikolaev writes: > Hi. I have icedtead both in my /etc/config.scm and in my user profile: > > $ guix package --list-installed | grep icedtea > icedtea 3.0.1 out ^ This means the "out" output. > /gnu/store/krksxq6wzxi4bj9vc7g02axgjb7nrmgi-icedtea-3.0.1 > > $ ls /gnu/store/ |

Re: How to remove old (test) builds from store?

Hartmut Goebel writes: > Hi, > > when creating packages and refining the build step by step, I end up > with many entries in the store I do not need. When tying to delete them, > only a few are removed and many are kept. E.g: > > > # guix gc -d /gnu/store/*teensy* > finding garbage collector root

Re: configuring font rendering in GuixSD

Stu Kraji writes: > hello. > > Usually one can configure font rendering with symlinks in some > directory like /etc/fontconfig/conf.d or using a configuring file. > > I tried the directory ~/.config/fontconfig but it does not work. > Hi! While the system-side config is read-only in /gnu/store,

Re: Typing on GuixSD in languages other than English

iyzs...@member.fsf.org (宋文武) writes: > Chris Marusich writes: > >> Awesome! Where you able to get this working? I've tried installing it >> From the version you pushed, and I still can't get it to work. Even >> when I set all the environment variables m

Re: Typing on GuixSD in languages other than English

Chris Marusich writes: > Luis Felipe López Acevedo writes: > >>> Chris Marusich writes: >>> >>> The attached patches add anthy and ibus-anthy. They build OK. >>> However, >>> Japanese input is not yet working for me. In fact, ibus itself does >>> not >>> seem to be working at all. >>> >>> How

Re: Starting ssh service

Dick Middleton writes: > Hello, Hi! > > Just started playing with Guix and am trying to get ssh to start as a > service. > > My system is configured using the standard desktop example config.scm given > with the installation. > > I'm trying to add the relevant bits from the simple example

Re: Typing on GuixSD in languages other than English

Chris Marusich writes: > Hi, > > I'm using GuixSD v0.10.0 with GNOME. I'd like to be able to type in > Japanese. I can already display Japanese text without issue because > I've installed fonts that contain Japanese characters; however, I cannot > figure out how to enable Japanese input. > > In

Re: How to solve /etc/login.defs

Jean Louis writes: > Hello, > > I am using guix on Debian. The default path for guix is: > $HOME/.guix-profile/bin and sbin > > And I am using login manager lightdm, so the default PATH cannot be > read. I guess, that /etc/login.defs have to be changed for each user to > include $PATH correctly.

Re: guix package -i emacs, failed

Jean Louis writes: > Hello, > > Yesterday I was trying to compile emacs from guix: guix package -i > emacs, and it did not work, it said: gdk-pixbuf could not be done for > 3600 seconds, something like that. I think the issue is gdk-pixbuf's stress tests try to use a lot of memory and sometimes c

Re: Error while logging in

Pietro Ferrera writes: > done that; three times, actually. ): Do you use ~/.xsession file? It need to be an executable.

Re: (dynamic-link "libm") doesn't work on guile

Alex Vong writes: > Hi people, > > > I got the following error message when trying to dlopen a shared library > in ~/guix-profile/bin/guile installed by guix: > > scheme@(guile-user)> (dynamic-link "libm") > ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link: > ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link: file: "libm", messa

Re: Gnome-shell metapackage

Hello! > > d.4@riseup.net skribis: > > > do you think about create a metapackage to gnome-shell? > > I think 宋文武 is kinda looking into it (or should consider > looking into > it). :-) Yeah, comparing with the 'gnome-core&

Re: Configuration System's Handling of Missing Packages

Keith Osterheld writes: > Hi, > > How does the configuration system handle references to packages that > aren't installed? For example, if I add (use-package-modules xfce) to my > config file > but I don't have xfce installed, will guix automatically install it, or > will it throw errors? “(use-