On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:52:00AM +0000, Kete Foy wrote: > Thanks, I have this and the linux use-package-modules, but I may have > made a mistake. I installed linux 4.1 as the normal user, and I ran > 'guix system reconfigure' as my normal user or root but definitely as > root after linux libre 4.1 did not boot. I had more output the 1st time > I reconfigured: probably tried to reconfigure but didn't have permission.
Right, You must reconfigure as root. It seems that an unprivileged user can do quite a bit of the required work, such as building the required packages, but eventually you will reach the steps that require privileges.