Scheduling and getting notifications in a desktop or window manager environment

2020-03-13 Thread sirgazil
Hello, I was wondering if you could share the software you use to schedule events (e.g. meetings, special dates, taking pills, etc.) and get notified about them in the form of desktop notifications or something like that. I tried GNOME Calendar some time ago in the Guix System, I liked its sim

Re: Scheduling and getting notifications in a desktop or window manager environment

2020-03-17 Thread sirgazil
Hi, On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 02:32:42 -0500 Giovanni Biscuolo wrote > Hello, > > I've no direct experience with desktop notifications but... > > sirgazil writes: > > [...] > > > I tried GNOME Calendar some time ago in the Guix System, I li

Re: GDM, GNOME and RAM issue

2020-03-18 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:37 -0500 sirgazil wrote > Hello, > > I've been experiencing the following behavior for months, but didn't have > the time to report anything. > > When I boot, a fresh GNOME session uses around 1.3 GiB (I don't know if

Re: GDM, GNOME and RAM issue

2020-03-19 Thread sirgazil
Hi, Catonano :) On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:33 -0500 Catonano wrote > I remember that the Gnome people fixed a memory leak some months ago > It had to do with a glitch in the layout of pointers to instances in the > Gnome object system that made it difficult for the garbage colle

Re: Instalacio GNU/Guix

2020-03-26 Thread sirgazil
Buenos días, Jorge: On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:30:03 -0500 Jorge Terán wrote > Por favor en español, al final de la instalación presenta lo siguiente, > adjunto los errores. > > Saludos > > El 5:45 lun mar 23, 2020, Andreas Enge escribió: > > > > Hello, > > > > hopefully En

How do you make CD/DVD work?

2020-03-28 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I never managed to get CD/DVD working on the Guix System. I already reported this as a bug (http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35584), but I was wondering if other people have this working and maybe if they had to add something to their OS configuration to make it work. Thanks, --- https://

Re: Scanner / SANE driver support

2020-04-19 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:39:30 + Pierre Neidhardt wrote > Hi! > > I'm trying to installer a scanner on Guix System and > > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > scanimage -L > --8<---cut here---end--->8--- >

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-23 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:24:23 + Marius Bakke wrote > Hello Guix! > > The "core-updates" branch is ready for testing! According to 'guix > weather', the substitute coverage is slightly better than on "master" > for x86_64. You can get it by running: > > guix pull --branc

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-24 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:20:41 + sirgazil wrote > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:24:23 + Marius Bakke > wrote > > Hello Guix! > > > > The "core-updates" branch is ready for testing! According to 'guix > > weather

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-24 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:25:13 + Marius Bakke wrote > sirgazil writes: > > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:20:41 +0000 sirgazil > > wrote > > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:24:23 + Marius Bakke > > wrote > > >

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-24 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:20:41 + sirgazil wrote > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:24:23 + Marius Bakke > wrote > > Hello Guix! > > > > The "core-updates" branch is ready for testing! According to 'guix > > weather'

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-24 Thread sirgazil
ays helps. The not so nice solution > would be to ensure this always builds locally. > Best regards,g_bor > sirgazil writes: > > > ---- On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:20:41 + sirgazil > > wrote > > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:24:23 +000

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-24 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 21:52:54 + Marius Bakke wrote > sirgazil writes: > > > This time, one of my packages in a custom channel failed with "no code for > > (term ansi-color)" (the package definition: > > https://gitlab.com/sirgazil/guix-

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-25 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 03:02:23 + Jack Hill wrote > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Marius Bakke wrote: > > > The "core-updates" branch is ready for testing! > > Hi, > > I've reconfigured my user profile and system from the core-updates branch. > I use a GNOME desktop session. However

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-25 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:24:51 + sirgazil wrote > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 03:02:23 + Jack Hill > wrote > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Marius Bakke wrote: > > > > > The "core-updates" branch is ready for testing! > > >

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-25 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:24:51 + sirgazil wrote > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 03:02:23 + Jack Hill > wrote > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Marius Bakke wrote: > > > > > The "core-updates" branch is ready for testing! > > >

Re: core-updates call for testing

2020-04-25 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:19:26 + Jack Hill wrote > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, sirgazil wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 03:02:23 + Jack Hill > > wrote > > > I have not done extensive testing, but so far the desktop itself seems to

Questions about managing user accounts

2020-04-27 Thread sirgazil
I know that you can create new user accounts by specifying them in the operating system configuration as indicated in the manual (https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/User-Accounts.html#User-Accounts). But I can't find answers to the following questions in the manual: 1. How do I delete use

Re: guix system boot time

2020-05-02 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 03 May 2020 03:32:33 + Leo Famulari wrote > Welcome and thanks for trying Guix! > > On Sat, May 02, 2020 at 10:09:10PM +0200, christophe.pist...@posteo.net > wrote: > > The only small problem is the system startup, which takes a long time (3 > > minutes from grub to

Re: GNU Guix maintainer collective update

2020-05-04 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 04 May 2020 13:31:46 + Maxim Cournoyer wrote > Hello Guix! > > There's a new blog post about a recent update to the GNU Guix maintainer > collective [0]. I won't repeat the blog post here, but in a few words, > Ricardo Wurmus is stepping down from his role and Mathie

guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not found

2020-05-09 Thread sirgazil
I'm using the GNU system. I did a guix pull yesterday. Now I have this Guix: $ LANG=C guix describe Generation 80 May 08 2020 15:18:18(current) sirgazil-x ef6ac93 repository URL: https://gitlab.com/sirgazil/guix-channel-x.git branch: master c

GNU IceCat 68.8.0esr: No sound

2020-05-09 Thread sirgazil
m and in other browsers (Epiphany, Chromium). $ LANG=C guix describe Generation 80 May 08 2020 15:18:18(current) sirgazil-x ef6ac93 repository URL: https://gitlab.com/sirgazil/guix-channel-x.git branch: master commit: ef6ac9331a7847fdec6f0eb199524b1b755ba0df guix 35

Re: Setting up a python environment

2020-05-11 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 11 May 2020 07:34:09 -0500 Roy Lemmon wrote > Hi, > > I would like to ask about the general philosophy of setting up a python > environment under guix. > > For other linux systems I have used pip to manage python packages and > libraries. > > In guix is the idea tha

Re: guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not found

2020-05-11 Thread sirgazil
x27;/run/current-system/profile/bin/guix'. For the new user I'd recommend > running 'guix pull' for them once using another user's guix binary. Thanks, Efraim. How would I do the latter, though. My user "sirgazil" has a working guix, my user "felipe" doesn't.

Re: guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not found

2020-05-11 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 11 May 2020 12:44:55 -0500 Efraim Flashner wrote > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:03:45AM -0500, sirgazil wrote: > > On Sun, 10 May 2020 07:26:43 -0500 Efraim Flashner > > wrote > > > > > > I recently upgraded my kids' com

Re: GNU IceCat 68.8.0esr: No sound

2020-05-12 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 09 May 2020 13:11:10 -0500 sirgazil wrote > Is this version of IceCat working for you? Yesterday I upgraded all my > applications. Sound was working in IceCat, but not anymore. > > I've tried restarting it, checked system volume controls, IceCat volume

Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

2020-05-20 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I use Guix's GNU system. I had written a Guile script that called Guix procedures to manipulate profiles. I put it in a Guix package in a custom channel and installed it. It used to work, but now it fails with an error I can also reproduce when trying to do something similar from a Guile

Re: Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

2020-05-21 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 21 May 2020 07:44:58 -0500 Marius Bakke wrote > sirgazil writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I use Guix's GNU system. > > > > I had written a Guile script that called Guix procedures to manipulate > > profiles. I put it in a Gu

Re: Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

2020-05-21 Thread sirgazil
The error is gone after reconfiguring, but I still have a question about using Guix API from a Guile script. On Thu, 21 May 2020 07:44:58 -0500 Marius Bakke wrote > sirgazil writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I use Guix's GNU system. > > > >

Re: Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

2020-05-21 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 21 May 2020 15:52:59 -0500 Marius Bakke wrote > sirgazil writes: > > > Hmm, and is there any way for a Guile program installed as a Guix package > > to use the modules of the Guix obtained by the user with "guix pull" and > > also be

Re: Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

2020-05-22 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 21 May 2020 18:02:29 -0500 zimoun wrote > Dear sirgazil, > > On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 22:53, Marius Bakke wrote: > > sirgazil writes: > > > > Hmm, and is there any way for a Guile program installed as a Guix > > > package to use

Re: Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

2020-05-22 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 22 May 2020 02:43:21 -0500 Konrad Hinsen wrote > zimoun writes: > > > If you feel in an experimental mood, you can try the Konrad's patch > > [1]. It sets up the PATH accordingly and hides all the internals. > > In particular it hides implementation details that are l

I can't install guile-picture-language

2019-02-14 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I'm getting this error: $ guix package -i guile-picture-language guix package: error: guile-picture-language: unknown package As far as I can tell, my Guix version is up to date: ·

Re: I can't install guile-picture-language

2019-02-15 Thread sirgazil
Hi Giovanni, El 15/02/19 a las 6:09 a. m., Giovanni Biscuolo escribió: Hi sirgazil, sirgazil writes: Hi, I'm getting this error: $ guix package -i guile-picture-language guix package: error: guile-picture-language: unknown pa

Re: I can't install guile-picture-language

2019-02-15 Thread sirgazil
Hi Julien, El 15/02/19 a las 9:23 a. m., Julien Lepiller escribió: What doesn't make sense in my case is that I just ran "guix pull" and "guix package -u" again (both as root and user), but when I run "guix --version", I get the same version I posted yesterday:

Re: pdf editor for placing stress

2019-02-16 Thread sirgazil
Hi znavko, El 16/02/19 a las 11:21 a. m., zna...@tutanota.com escribió: Hello, GuixSD! Is there any software for placing stress and some other notes on text inf pdf files for files with lot of pages? GIMP is bad when you need 50 page you must make invisible other layers. Evince lets you highl

LyX on foreign distro

2019-03-25 Thread sirgazil
Hello, I need some help :) I'm using LyX 2.3.2-2 installed with Guix (a506a4c3801838c0b75b58dd2ac8bb0ccf4279fb) on a foreign distribution, and I noticed the following: 1. Buttons in the toolbar do not display icons, just text. 2. I'm getting a "LaTeX Error: File `utf8x.def' not found" when I

Re: LyX on foreign distro

2019-03-26 Thread sirgazil
El 26/03/19 a las 3:06 a. m., Ricardo Wurmus escribió: sirgazil writes: 2. I'm getting a "LaTeX Error: File `utf8x.def' not found" when I try to export a document to PDF (see full error at the end of this message). About the second problem, I don't know what I sh

Re: LyX on foreign distro

2019-03-26 Thread sirgazil
El 25/03/19 a las 4:05 p. m., sirgazil escribió: Hello, I need some help :) I'm using LyX 2.3.2-2 installed with Guix (a506a4c3801838c0b75b58dd2ac8bb0ccf4279fb) on a foreign distribution, and I noticed the following: 1. Buttons in the toolbar do not display icons, just text. About

Re: LyX on foreign distro

2019-03-26 Thread sirgazil
El 26/03/19 a las 1:45 p. m., Ricardo Wurmus escribió: sirgazil writes: El 25/03/19 a las 4:05 p. m., sirgazil escribió: Hello, I need some help :) I'm using LyX 2.3.2-2 installed with Guix (a506a4c3801838c0b75b58dd2ac8bb0ccf4279fb) on a foreign distribution, and I noticed the foll

Scribus looks pixelated as if zoomed in

2019-04-22 Thread sirgazil
Guix) ffc8ab75f10ecaaf52cdc38f5846e9af8e2dadd5 $ which scribus /var/guix/profiles/per-user/sirgazil/guix-profile/bin/scribus $ scribus --version Scribus, Open Source Desktop Publishing --- Homepage: http://www.scribus.net Documentation: http://docs.scribus.net Wiki:

Re: Scribus looks pixelated as if zoomed in

2019-04-23 Thread sirgazil
Thank you for taking a look, Tobias. El 22/04/19 a las 7:31 p. m., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice escribió: sirgazil, sirgazil wrote: I installed Scribus from Guix in a foreign distro and it looks weird when I launch it. See these screenshots for example: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com

Re: Scribus looks pixelated as if zoomed in

2019-04-23 Thread sirgazil
Thank you for taking a look, Tobias. El 22/04/19 a las 7:31 p. m., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice escribió: sirgazil, sirgazil wrote: I installed Scribus from Guix in a foreign distro and it looks weird when I launch it. See these screenshots for example: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com

Guix System 1.0: No audio

2019-05-04 Thread sirgazil
Hello, I installed the GNU system with GNOME using the ISO installer (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz). When I play video or audio in the browser or in the desktop, I get no audio. The volume controls in the browser and desktop show the sound is not di

Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio

2019-05-05 Thread sirgazil
Hi, Florian: On Sat, 04 May 2019 17:29:01 -0500 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote > On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 05:00:04PM -0500, sirgazil wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I installed the GNU system with GNOME using the ISO installer > > (https://ftp.g

Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio

2019-05-05 Thread sirgazil
Hi Mark, On Sun, 05 May 2019 16:26:25 -0500 Mark H Weaver wrote > Hi sirgazil, > > sirgazil writes: > > > I installed the GNU system with GNOME using the ISO installer > > (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1

Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio

2019-05-06 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 05 May 2019 01:33:24 -0500 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote > On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 06:24:04PM -0500, sirgazil wrote: > > The volume seems on and the card seems not muted: > > > > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alsamixe

Re: Scribus looks pixelated as if zoomed in

2019-05-06 Thread sirgazil
Hello Chris, On Sun, 05 May 2019 22:07:43 -0500 Chris Marusich wrote > In the past, we have observed that on some foreign distributions, the > XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable can interfere with the proper > presentation of icons [1], among other problems [2]. I moved to th

Re: GNOME Desktop

2019-05-06 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 05 May 2019 22:41:26 -0500 Timothy Sample wrote > Hi, > > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" writes: > > > On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 10:13:38PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > >> pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) writes: > >> > You can type in the terminal: > >> > > >> > g

Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio

2019-05-06 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 05 May 2019 07:07:48 -0500 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote > On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 06:52:39AM -0500, sirgazil wrote: > > Florian, for some reason, the speakers worked today. I'm not sure if > > running alsamixer yesterday after your instruction

guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm or my-config.scm

2019-05-08 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I'm reading the Guix manual, and I'm confused about the recommended way to reconfigure the system. The workaround added recently to the "Graphical Installation" section suggests that in a freshly installed system you can:¹ $ sudo emacs /etc/config.scm Modify the file to your liking

Should %base-services be included by default in the OS configuration generated by the installer?

2019-05-08 Thread sirgazil
Hi, The Guix System 1.0.0 installer has a bug that makes it generate operating system configuration files that don't include the %base-packages (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35541). The configuration file of the system I installed was initially generated by the installer, so I

Re: guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm or my-config.scm

2019-05-08 Thread sirgazil
On Wed, 08 May 2019 14:16:55 -0500 John Soo wrote > Hi there, > > I do exactly what you said: > > $ emacs /path/to/my/config.scm > $ sudo suix system reconfigure /path/to/my/config.scm > > No need to keep it in /etc. > > Hope that helps, Yes, thanks :)

Re: guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm or my-config.scm

2019-05-08 Thread sirgazil
On Wed, 08 May 2019 14:18:33 -0500 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote > Hiya Sirgazil, > > sirgazil wrote: > > So, should one do the following instead? > > > > $ emacs ~/path/to/my-config.scm > > Modify the file to your liking > &

Re: Should %base-services be included by default in the OS configuration generated by the installer?

2019-05-08 Thread sirgazil
Hi Tim, On Wed, 08 May 2019 19:35:45 -0500 Timothy Sample wrote > Hi sirgazil, > > sirgazil writes: > > > Hi, > > > > The Guix System 1.0.0 installer has a bug that makes it generate > > operating system configuration file

Re: good overview presentation?

2019-05-10 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 10 May 2019 02:37:07 -0500 Giovanni Biscuolo wrote > Hello Miles, > > Miles Fidelman writes: > > > Thanks Chris, > > > > A couple of follow-ups: > > > > On 5/9/19 12:39 PM, Christopher Baines wrote: > >> > >> 1: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/main

How do I install packages from a file without removing currently installed packages?

2019-05-10 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I see that there is "guix package --manifest FILE", but running this command will create a generation with only those packages specified in FILE. Packages installed previous to running this command are removed. Is there any way to tell Guix to create a generation that is the aggregate of th

Re: How do I install packages from a file without removing currently installed packages?

2019-05-10 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 10 May 2019 15:49:17 -0500 ison wrote > This may not be exactly what you were looking for, but I think "guix > environment" might behave sort of like that. It can also accept a manifest > file, of course the environment will only be temporary but, if I'm not > mistaken, i

Re: How do I install packages from a file without removing currently installed packages?

2019-05-10 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 10 May 2019 12:40:10 -0500 swedebugia wrote > On 2019-05-10 17:59, sirgazil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I see that there is "guix package --manifest FILE", but running this > > command will create a generation with only those packa

Re: How do I install packages from a file without removing currently installed packages?

2019-05-11 Thread sirgazil
Hi Giovanni, On Sat, 11 May 2019 03:30:34 -0500 Giovanni Biscuolo wrote > Hello sirgazil, > > sirgazil writes: > > [...] > > > Is there any way to tell Guix to create a generation that is the > > aggregate of the packages installed

Geiser and Guile listening to a socket: No prompt found!

2019-05-14 Thread sirgazil
Hello, I'm getting a prompt error when I try to connect Geiser to Guile like this: 1. In a terminal, run "$ guile --listen=/tmp/guile-socket" 2. In Emacs, "M-x geiser-connect-local", then "guile", and finally "/tmp/guile-socket" When the Guile REPL start in Emacs, I get a "No prompt found!" in

Re: Geiser and Guile listening to a socket: No prompt found!

2019-05-14 Thread sirgazil
Please ignore this message. It was not delivered on time. I already got help on #guix, and reported the issue as a bug (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35727). On Mon, 13 May 2019 18:35:16 -0500 sirgazil wrote > Hello, > > I'm getting a prompt er

Re: Error al extraer iso guix GNU con linux

2019-06-10 Thread sirgazil
Buenas, Jorge: On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:39:31 -0500 Jorge Terán wrote > Favor prestar ayuda para resolver la descarga. Como dice Laura, hay un problema de permisos al intentar descomprimir el archivo usando Nautilus (conocido ahora como GNOME Files). A mí me ocurre igual (no sé si

Re: Error al extraer iso guix GNU con linux

2019-06-10 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:56:51 -0500 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote > Sirgazil, > > sirgazil wrote: > > As far as I can see, Jorge is not trying to decompress the ISO > > but the ".iso.xz" file, which you have to decompress before > >

Re: Error al extraer iso guix GNU con linux

2019-06-11 Thread sirgazil
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:27:22 -0500 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote > Good morning! > > sirgazil wrote: > > [I wrote]: > >> sirgazil wrote: > >>> As far as I can see, Jorge is not trying to decompress the ISO > >>> but the &qu

I can't upgrade the pip in a Python virtual environment

2019-06-15 Thread sirgazil
y3-none-any.whl Installing collected packages: pip Found existing installation: pip 18.1 Not uninstalling pip at /gnu/store/x67xvqx6jmgln1dxyvhvc7k9grbcdvy6-profile/lib/python3.7/site-packages, outside environment /home/sirgazil/.virtualenvs/ezfinge Can't uninstall 'pip'. No

On youtube-viewer first use (GTK)

2019-06-15 Thread sirgazil
Hello, I've seen some mentions of this application around here and wanted to try it out. When you launch it, it seems to be broken, you can search videos, but you can't watch them (you double-click on them and nothing happens). I had to start "gtk-youtube-viewer" from a terminal to check for er

Re: On youtube-viewer first use (GTK)

2019-06-15 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:03:28 -0500 Raghav Gururajan wrote > > > I've seen some mentions of this application around here and wanted to try > > it out. When you launch it, it seems to be broken, you can search videos, > > but you can't watch them (you double-click on them and noth

Re: On youtube-viewer first use (GTK)

2019-06-15 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:49:59 -0500 sirgazil wrote > Hello, > > I've seen some mentions of this application around here and wanted to try it > out. When you launch it, it seems to be broken, you can search videos, but > you can't watch them (you

Re: On youtube-viewer first use (GTK)

2019-06-17 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 20:49:39 -0500 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote > Sirgazil, > > Raghav Gururajan reported the same problem on IRC. > > While youtube-dl is technically an optional dependency (‘some’ > videos work without it, maybe even most), the failure

Using Python and GExiv2

2019-06-17 Thread sirgazil
ch-paths" to my ".bash_profile". However, when I run the script above, I get the following error: $ python3 img-clear-metadata.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "img-clear-metadata.py", line 2, in gi.require_version("GExiv2&qu

Re: Using Python and GExiv2

2019-06-18 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:12:05 -0500 sirgazil wrote > Hi, > > I used to use a python script to clear image metadata in Debian: > > > import gi > gi.require_version("GExiv2", "0.10") > from gi.repository import GExiv2 &

Feed readers (news aggregators)

2019-06-20 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I'm looking for a feed reader, preferably a desktop application. Could you share what you're using right now? Thanks, --- https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/

Re: Feed readers (news aggregators)

2019-06-20 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:51:28 -0500 Pierre Neidhardt wrote > > Emacs Elfeed > https://github.com/skeeto/elfeed Oh, thanks. I should have said I don't like using Emacs for that. I've used Elfeed, but I don't like it...

GNOME help (yelp): Unknown Error when searching

2019-10-16 Thread sirgazil
Hi, Every time I search for something that Yelp can't find in the help documentation I'm seeing the following error: Unknown Error The URI ‘xref:search=SEARCH_TERM_HERE’ could not be parsed. For example, when I tried "screencast", I got: Unknown Error The URI ‘xref:search=screencast’ c

Re: Translation of Guix Tutorial videos and Subtitles

2019-10-31 Thread sirgazil
Hi, Matias. On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 06:00:07 -0500 Matias Jose Seco Baccanelli wrote > Buongiorno Guixers! > > I'm so happy to refreshen my adventures here on Guix-land. > In particular, i wanted to share that i find amazing the published > Guix tutorial videos! Glad to hear t

GNU IceCat 68.2.0esr: Problems in password fields

2019-11-04 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I upgraded my system today and I've noticed some problems when trying to write passwords in login pages: * The text cursor is not shown. * Writing is horribly slow. * The input method indicator in the GNOME desktop (top right) disappears/reappears erratically. Anyone else experiencing this

Re: Fwd: Packaging a cmake C++ header only library requiring C++17

2019-11-29 Thread sirgazil
On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:22:38 -0500 Josh Marshall wrote > Hello, > > Resending because I didn't get a post acknowledgement. I see it. The previous one was posted too, though: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-11/msg00199.html

Re: ibus-anthy can not input Japanese on guixSD 1.0.1

2019-12-12 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:15:10 -0500 荒井吉則 wrote > Hello guix, > > I am here 10 month ago and now I am back. I installed guixSD v1.0.1 on > Onkyo M511A5. > > I was using gnome and xfce de for few days but I did not know how to set up > Japanese font on gdm, I also could not

guix package: error: build of `...-youtube-viewer-3.5.8.drv' failed

2019-12-29 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I'm using the Guix System. I just did a guix pull and it went fine. Now I have this Guix: $ guix describe Generation 6Dec 29 2019 13:45:28(current) guix 4befbe1 repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 4befbe1a0e28fdb37c3fb11ab49

GNOME Terminal: Horrible font after guix system reconfigure

2020-01-08 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I have GNOME 3.32.2 now. When I launched a GNOME Terminal, I noticed that the font is too big and the spacing between characters seems odd: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/terminal-font-problem-2020-01-08.png Maybe there is a bug with the defaults (at least with the spa

Re: GNOME Terminal: Horrible font after guix system reconfigure

2020-01-09 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 09 Jan 2020 03:47:41 -0500 Christopher Baines wrote > > sirgazil writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I have GNOME 3.32.2 now. When I launched a GNOME Terminal, I noticed that > > the font is too big and the spacing between characters s

Re: GNOME Terminal: Horrible font after guix system reconfigure

2020-01-09 Thread sirgazil
On Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:16:59 -0500 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote > Sirgazil, > > sirgazil 写道: > > Maybe there is a bug with the defaults (at least with the > > spacing)? > > Yes, although the spacing is simply a side-effect of a bad or > missi

GNOME: System sound suddenly stopped working and sound controls are disabled

2020-01-09 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I guix pulled, reconfigured the system and upgraded my profile packages yesterday. After rebooting, I had sound. But today, I logged out, and then logged back in and sound was lost. Additionally, GNOME sound controls look grayed out (https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/sound-

Re: GNOME: System sound suddenly stopped working and sound controls are disabled

2020-01-09 Thread sirgazil
On Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:10:45 -0500 Dimakakos Dimos wrote > sirgazil writes: > > I guix pulled, reconfigured the system and upgraded my profile packages > > yesterday. After rebooting, I had sound. But today, I logged out, and then > > logged back

Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB

2020-01-11 Thread sirgazil
Hi, Looking for some boot messages, I discovered that /var/log/messages contains messages since the day I installed the Guix System and the file is around 730 MB now. Is this normal or should I report this as a bug? --- https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/

Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB

2020-01-11 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits wrote > sirgazil ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 0:18): > > > > Hi, > > > > Looking for some boot messages, I discovered that /var/log/messages > > contains messages since the day I insta

Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB

2020-01-12 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:38:55 -0500 Gábor Boskovits wrote > sirgazil ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09): > > > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits > > wrote > > > sirgazil ezt írta (időpont:

Re: GNOME: System sound suddenly stopped working and sound controls are disabled

2020-01-12 Thread sirgazil
I just reported a bug about this: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39104

Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience

2020-01-15 Thread sirgazil
Hi, Pierre On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:59:00 -0500 Pierre Neidhardt wrote > Thank you all for the reviews and the kind feedback! > > It seems that the draft was met with success for now. > So what about including it on Guix' website, maybe with a big link to it > on the front page?

Re: Gnome-screenshot where are the pics??

2020-01-17 Thread sirgazil
Hi, On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:05:56 -0500 wisdomlight--- via wrote > I asked this on r/gnome in Reddit they said to ask my distro. > > $ guix install gnome-screenshot > > Screenshot is installed and looks like it takes a screenshot. > But then it closes and I can’t find where ar

Re: Gnome-screenshot where are the pics??

2020-01-19 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:26:25 -0500 wrote > Hi Sirgazil > Thanks for your helping. > As it happened I did a mistake of trying to do a Guix clean re-install. > don't ask why... > which created a number of other issues. One of which is that I am back using &g

Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB

2020-01-20 Thread sirgazil
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:38:55 -0500 Gábor Boskovits wrote > sirgazil ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09): > > > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits > > wrote > > > sirgazil ezt írta (időpont:

Re: KDE + Guix as a package manager

2020-02-01 Thread sirgazil
On Sat, 01 Feb 2020 18:35:02 -0500 Jesse Gibbons wrote > On Sat, 2020-02-01 at 21:07 +, Ekaitz Zarraga wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have Guix installed as a package manager on KDE-Neon and I use it > > for my tools but they are not found by KDE but they run perfectly if > > I ru

How can I replace Python venv and pip with Guix?

2020-02-02 Thread sirgazil
Hi, I'm currently using two package managers when working on my projects written in Python. I use Guix to install Python, and Python pip to install Python packages in project environments created with Python venv. So, for working on a specific project, I do the following: #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE # Cr

Re: Automated system upgrade

2020-02-03 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:16:17 -0500 Gábor Boskovits wrote > Hello, > > Jimmy Thrasibule ezt írta (időpont: 2020. > febr. 3., H, 13:37): > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to know about the best way one would automate a Guix system > > reconfiguration. The idea is to put the sys

Re: How can I replace Python venv and pip with Guix?

2020-02-03 Thread sirgazil
On Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:09:19 -0500 Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote > Hi, > > I know you asked something else, but want to mention this: You could use > Poetry to make reproducible environments for Python. Only yesterday I > have been through the process of building Python 3.8.1 on Trisqu

Re: How can I replace Python venv and pip with Guix?

2020-02-04 Thread sirgazil
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:36:39 -0500 Moritz Lell wrote > Hello! Hi, Moritz. > > • Once I deactivate this environment (Ctrl+D), how can I activate it > >again? > > You've already achieved that, as far as I understand. Because you use the > --root option, the profile is registered

Re: How can I replace Python venv and pip with Guix?

2020-02-04 Thread sirgazil
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:59:25 -0500 Tanguy Le Carrour wrote > Hi, > > Le 02/02, sirgazil a écrit : > > I'm currently using two package managers when working on my projects > > written in Python. I use Guix to install Python, > > Depending on yo

Re: How can I replace Python venv and pip with Guix?

2020-02-04 Thread sirgazil
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:31:07 -0500 wrote > Hi sirgazil, > > > Well, the profile is created and persists, but, after deactivating the > > environment, how do I start an environment that uses that profile? > > > > If you just want to create a pro

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