Re: [Nix-dev] build-chroot-dirs mount problem

2014-02-27 Thread Federico Sacerdoti
Hello, For the record I replicated the problem with the latest nix-1.6.1. From my reading of the man 2 mount page the first argument should be "/dev/shm" not "none". Thanks, FDS From: Federico Sacerdoti Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 5:53 PM To: 'nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl' Subject: build

Re: [Nix-dev] build-chroot-dirs mount problem

2014-02-27 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi, On 26/02/14 23:53, Federico Sacerdoti wrote: > 26146 lstat("/dev/shm", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0777, st_size=200, ...}) = 0 You're probably on a system where /dev/shm is a symlink to /run/shm or something like that. Nix's chroot currently cannot handle that: mounting a new tmpfs on /dev/sh

[Nix-dev] Help creating a custom app with Nix package manager

2014-02-27 Thread Asus Ceaser
I did a fresh install and started following the Nixpkgs manual to create a custom package. I want to use the web browser luakit. So I cloned the git repository and changed directory into it. I then created the directory luakit under /pkgs/applications/network/browsers/ I created a default.nix w

Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS on MacBook: freeze at bootloader

2014-02-27 Thread Aristid Breitkreuz
A good habit to always use labels or uuids where possible. :) Am 27.02.2014 11:22 schrieb "Johannes Raggam" : > ha, found the problem! > > somehow the partition numbers of my harddrive were renumbered, and i > wasn't using UIDs. 'nixos-option --install' didn't work, so it the > hardware-configurat

[Nix-dev] anyone up for a NixOS talk @ linuxtage graz?

2014-02-27 Thread Johannes Raggam
hey all, here in my hometown graz/austria, there is the linuxtage mini conference on 4th and 5th april, organised by the creator of the GRML distribution. it would be great to have a NixOS talk there, to have this topic covered! I'm not up for this, since i'm new to NixOS and have no experience.

Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS on MacBook: freeze at bootloader

2014-02-27 Thread Johannes Raggam
ha, found the problem! somehow the partition numbers of my harddrive were renumbered, and i wasn't using UIDs. 'nixos-option --install' didn't work, so it the hardware-configuration.nix wasn't updated. (if i understood the process correctly). after booting from sdcard and mounting the drives to /

[Nix-dev] NixOS on MacBook: freeze at bootloader

2014-02-27 Thread Johannes Raggam
hey there, i've installed NixOS on my macbook air (with the help of cilian and garbas). that worked fine some weeks ago. but now, after upgrade to OSX mavericks, i cant boot into it anymore (i use fedora at the moment, so i'm not hurt). it freezes at the bootloader. it's an EFI setup. i was using