`guix pull` fails after fresh install

2021-07-18 Thread Gabriel Wicki
Hello Guix Community! I ran into an issue after freshly installing Guix System. When logged in as a normal user, `guix pull` printed the following output: Migrating profile generations to '/var/guix/profiles/per-user/user'... guix pull: error: symlink: File exists: "/var/guix/profiles/per-user

Re: xmodmap doesn't before pressing any button keyboard

2021-07-18 Thread stuebinm
I also use EXWM, and made good experiences with setting keyboard remapping options directly in my system's config.scm (via the :options of keyboard-layout, which sets XKB options; see the manual for examples: https://guix.gnu.org/de/manual/en/html_node/Keyboard-Layout.html). However, I just us

Re: xmodmap doesn't before pressing any button keyboard

2021-07-18 Thread Mekeor Melire
hello! you are using Guix-system, right? you might want to add some extra X.org-configuration to your systems declaration. for example, if you're using the Slim login-manager, here's a snippet from my Guix-system-declaration which makes X.org map caps-lock to ctrl while using the german keyboard l

xmodmap doesn't before pressing any button keyboard

2021-07-18 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
I have setup my Emacs iwth EXWM. I am trying to remap several keys to avoid repetitive strain injury (RSI), also known as Emacs pinky. To accomplish that, I am using xmodmap. It works perfectly when I invoke the command directly. However it doesn't work when I put it in Emacs startup files. Af

Re: Docker image sizes

2021-07-18 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
I think it is expected. Docker images use only the kernel from the host OS when the host kernel is Linux (the host kernel, not the host OS). Wikipedia says: > Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use > OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called > conta