Re: Guix in a container

2025-03-16 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:52:52 +0100 Stéfane Fermigier wrote: > Hi, Hi, > I'm totally new to Guix. > > 1) Is there a recommended container image to get started? There is no official Guix (OCI) container image but you might be able to make your own with 'guix system image -t docker [...]', however

Re: Guix in a container

2025-03-16 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:02:30 +0100 Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > There is no official Guix (OCI) container image but you might be able > to make your own with 'guix system image -t docker [...]', however > I've no idea if it's trivial or if it requires significant work as > docker/OCI containers

Re: Guix in a container

2025-03-16 Thread Cayetano Santos
>mar. 11 mars 2025 at 13:52, Stéfane Fermigier wrote: > 1) Is there a recommended container image to get started? I've tried > metacall/guix but it doesn't seem to support the architecture I'm using for > most of my servers (ARMv7). > > 2) I have also tried a base Ubuntu 24.04 image with the `gu

Re: cannot build a kernel with my custom config

2025-03-16 Thread Adam
Hi, Hilton! Thank you for the message, I tried using it in my package definition ``` (define-public my-linux-package (package (inherit (customize-linux #:linux linux-libre #:defconfig (local-file "linux-libre-config") ``` But unfortunately it didn

Betterbird

2025-03-16 Thread gfp
Hi Guix, "Betterbird" is a fork of Thunderbird/Icedove in Guix. It can use the profile of Thunderbird. https://www.betterbird.eu/support/index.html How to switch between Thunderbird and Betterbird? Betterbird is designed to be 100% compatible with Thunderbird of the same version. For example

Re: cannot build a kernel with my custom config

2025-03-16 Thread Adam
Oh, It started compiling! Thank you! I will write about the results! Btw, what do I need to do if I want to update the documentation? I should create a patch for the document and send it to guix patches? On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM Hilton Chain wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:31:51 +0800, >

Re: Betterbird

2025-03-16 Thread Cayetano Santos
>dim. 16 mars 2025 at 11:22, gfp wrote: > Is there a change to install Betterbird in Guix? > > If so, how can I do that? > > Or do I have to wait if somebody adds it to the packages? Icedove is packaged in guix, here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm?h=

btrfs with legacy bios issue

2025-03-16 Thread crevyx via
Hello, I am trying to create an image booting a btrfs partition with legacy BIOS, but no luck so far. If I use UEFI, it works with: (image (format 'compressed-qcow2) (operating-system os) (partition-table-type 'gpt) (partitions (list (partition (size (* 40 Mio)) (offset (* 1024 1024)) (label "GN

Re: cannot build a kernel with my custom config

2025-03-16 Thread Hilton Chain
On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:32:19 +0800, Adam wrote: > > Oh, It started compiling! Thank you! > I will write about the results! > Btw, what do I need to do if I want to update the documentation? I > should create a patch for the document and send it to guix patches? Yes, doc/guix-cookbook.texi is the s

Re: cannot build a kernel with my custom config

2025-03-16 Thread Hilton Chain
On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:31:51 +0800, Adam wrote: > > Hi, Hilton! > Thank you for the message, I tried using it in my package definition > ``` > (define-public my-linux-package > (package > (inherit (customize-linux > #:linux linux-libre > #:defconfig >

Re: cannot build a kernel with my custom config

2025-03-16 Thread Hilton Chain
Hi Adam, On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:02:42 +0800, Adam wrote: > > Hello Guix! > Recently I've read about customizing the kernel on this page > https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Customizing-the-Kernel.html > After reading I decided to try one of described there ways of > providing my own kernel

Re: Packaging ZLS 0.14

2025-03-16 Thread Hilton Chain
Hi Joshua, On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:10:18 +0800, Joshua Clark via wrote: > > Hello, I'm trying to package ZLS v0.14.0 > https://github.com/zigtools/zls/releases/tag/0.14.0, but I've run into an > issue with its dependencies. Zig v0.14.0 changed the build.zig.zon file > format, making it incompatible

ntpd crash loop on boot, apparently due to failure to bind listening sockets

2025-03-16 Thread Zack Weinberg
I just updated my server that runs Guix and after rebooting I see ntpd crash repeatedly. Full log excerpt at the end of this message, but the crucial bit is: 2025-03-16 22:15:23 localhost ntpd[135]: Listen and drop on 0 v6wildcard [::]:123 2025-03-16 22:15:23 localhost ntpd[135]: Listen and drop

Re: cannot build a kernel with my custom config

2025-03-16 Thread Adam
it was compiled! And the config in the result derivation contained this line ``` # CONFIG_RTW89 is not set ``` So, as I see, my problem was resolved. Also I found this page https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Writing-Documentation.html . I will look at the instructions and will try to co

Re: Betterbird

2025-03-16 Thread Luis Felipe
Hi Gottfried, On 16/03/25 11:22, gfp wrote: Is there a change to install Betterbird in Guix? If so, how can I do that? Since it doesn't seem to be packaged for Guix, you could use flatpak instead. I see Betterbird is packaged. Or do I have to wait if somebody adds it to the packages? T

Re: ntpd crash loop on boot, apparently due to failure to bind listening sockets

2025-03-16 Thread Ian Eure
There's a patch for this: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/76892 On March 16, 2025 3:57:20 PM PDT, Zack Weinberg wrote: >I just updated my server that runs Guix and after rebooting I see ntpd >crash repeatedly. Full log excerpt at the end of this message, but the >crucial bit is: > >2025-03-16 22:15: