Re: Error while logging in

2016-02-24 Thread Pietro Ferrera
done that; three times, actually. ): P.Il 24/feb/2016 11:07 PM Leo Famulari ha scritto: > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 07:34:10PM +0100, Pietro Ferrera wrote: > > Hi all! > > I managed to install the distro (standard install, config.scm is pretty > > much the default desktop.scm, just a /home par

What prevents "guix package --profile" profiles from being gc'ed?

2016-02-24 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Heya all, I'm a bit confused about profile management for profiles that *aren't* your system or default user profile. guix package --profile=/home/cwebber/guix-profiles/test -i hello then I run "guix gc", it seems like that profile is still kept around. David seemed to think that maybe the pr

Re: Error while logging in

2016-02-24 Thread Leo Famulari
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 07:34:10PM +0100, Pietro Ferrera wrote: > Hi all! > I managed to install the distro (standard install, config.scm is pretty much > the default desktop.scm, just a /home partition added) with almost no > problem, but I can only log in as root. Whenever I try to login as a

Error while logging in

2016-02-24 Thread Pietro Ferrera
Hi all! I managed to install the distro (standard install, config.scm is pretty much the default desktop.scm, just a /home partition added) with almost no problem, but I can only log in as root. Whenever I try to login as a normal user I get the following warning "failed to execute login comma

Re: Recommendations for libre WiFi-USB adapters?

2016-02-24 Thread Andreas Enge
By the way, should we maybe add the ath9k-htc-firmware package to the installer image? It is used by one of the very popular (the only one?) wifi dongles that do not need proprietary firmware. Or is it already there? I keep mixing up the installer image and the system that it starts. So maybe (also

Re: Recommendations for libre WiFi-USB adapters?

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Nils Gillmann skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> Florian Paul Schmidt skribis: >> >>> this was discussed on IRC a while ago, but I couldn't find the >>> reference to it anymore. What are some decent WiFi-USB adapters that >>> are affordable and easy to get in Europe/Germany?

Re: Some things to be aware of for docs

2016-02-24 Thread Andreas Enge
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:26:04PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Esteban Enrique skribis: > > Next, (I think this has been in the works, but I am not sure) there > > needs to be a reminder to run the command 'guix pull' before > > installation to avoid any problems. > There’s a reminder, but it’

Re: Some things to be aware of for docs

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Esteban Enrique skribis: > I am a relative newcomer to GNU/Linux (4 years around) and I have been > wanting to use GuixSD for the past weeks but I have been having > trouble. I think this is due to unclear documents for beginners (like > myself). > > First, formatting the drive. I have some expe

Re: Questions about "guix pull"

2016-02-24 Thread Andreas Enge
Small typo: On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:17:45PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Any user can update their Guix copy using @command{guix pull}, and the > effect is limited to the user who run @command{guix pull}. For "the user who run_s_" Andreas

Re: Questions about "guix pull"

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Chris Marusich skribis: > I have read the Info node "(guix) Invoking guix pull", but it doesn't > seem to answer the following questions: > > - Who is allowed to run "guix pull"? Only root? Any user? > > - After a successful "guix pull", are the new guix tools and package > definitions visible

Re: Override source uri of older version of a package?

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
"RW. S" skribis: > So I added nss-certs to packages, then I ran guix system reconfigure. > But guix system reconfigure could not finish because it got stuck on a > download which doesn't exist anymore. Specifically, it got stuck at > downloading nss-3.19.2 via ftp from the following uri: > > ftp:

Re: vpnc

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
ren...@openmailbox.org skribis: > On 2016-02-24 07:13, l...@gnu.org wrote: >> ren...@openmailbox.org skribis: >> >>> On 2016-02-22 22:39, Leo Famulari wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:01:27PM -0600, ren...@openmailbox.org wrote: > On 2016-02-22 21:38, Leo Famulari wrote: > >On M

Re: vpnc

2016-02-24 Thread rennes
On 2016-02-24 07:13, l...@gnu.org wrote: ren...@openmailbox.org skribis: On 2016-02-22 22:39, Leo Famulari wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:01:27PM -0600, ren...@openmailbox.org wrote: On 2016-02-22 21:38, Leo Famulari wrote: >On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 08:31:34PM -0600, ren...@openmailbox.org

Override source uri of older version of a package?

2016-02-24 Thread RW. S
Probably not all of this relevant to subject line, but I will give full context anyway. I can't git clone anymore because "Problem with the SSL CA Cert". The weird thing is git (cloning) was working yesterday, and the only notable thing I think I did was `guix gc` (this is on a fresh barebones Gui

Re: vpnc

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
ren...@openmailbox.org skribis: > On 2016-02-22 22:39, Leo Famulari wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:01:27PM -0600, ren...@openmailbox.org wrote: >>> On 2016-02-22 21:38, Leo Famulari wrote: >>> >On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 08:31:34PM -0600, ren...@openmailbox.org wrote: >>> >>Hi guix, >>> >> >>>

Re: guixSD - problem with X11 forwarding

2016-02-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
myglc2 skribis: > On guixSD, with no packages installed in the login user profile, I get > 'X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0' [...] > debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] > debug1: Entering interactive session. > debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. > deb