Lost a previous email. This is my entire services configuration:
(services
(append (modify-services %desktop-services
(delete gdm-service-type)
(sysctl-service-type config =>
(sysctl-configuration (settings (append
'(("fs.file-max" . "500000")
("net.ipv4.ip_forward" . "1")
("fs.inotify.max_user_watches" . "524288"))
%default-sysctl-settings))))
(guix-service-type config =>
(guix-configuration (inherit config)
(substitute-urls (append
(list
"https://substitutes.nonguix.org";)
%default-substitute-urls))
(authorized-keys (append
(list
(local-file
"./signing-key.pub"))
%default-authorized-guix-keys)))))
(list (service tor-service-type)
(service mate-desktop-service-type)
(service lightdm-service-type)
(set-xorg-configuration
(xorg-configuration (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
;; This is the default list of services we
;; are appending to.
%desktop-services))
>From another response I received from @Rutherther my mistake here, aside of
>using (modify-services ) three times is that I'm calling %desktop-services
>twice in here. I haven't thought of an approach for this, other than,
>declaring a:
(define %my-services
(modify-services ...))
And calling %my-services instead of %desktop-services below :
;; This is the default list of services we are appending to.
Is this the correct way of fixing this problem? Im guessing there's a good
practice with this.
Thanks to everyone who responded for their time
Mar 21, 2025, 10:26 by ir...@irfus.in:
> softwarelibre--- via <help-guix@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> This happened after I tried reconfiguring my machine. I added:
>>
>> (modify-services %desktop-services
>> (delete gdm-service-type))
>> (modify-services %desktop-services
>> (sysctl-service-type config =>
>> (sysctl-configuration (settings (append
>> '(("fs.file-max" . "500000")
>>
>> ("net.ipv4.ip_forward" . "1")
>>
>> ("fs.inotify.max_user_watches" . "524288"))
>>
>> %default-sysctl-settings)))))
>>
>
>
>> To my desktop home configuration. But. After some time the command exits
>> with a message that's not very helpful:
>>
>
> By calling modify-services twice, you are inadvertently duplicating the list
> of services from %desktop-services. What if you try instead to put all the
> modifications you require in one such form?
>
> #+begin_src
> (modify-services %base-services
> (delete gdm-service-type)
> (sysctl-service-type config => ...
> ))
> #+end_src
>
> See the example under ’System Services’ in the manual section ’Using the
> Configuration System’ for more clarity.
>
> Cheers.
> Irfan
>
