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RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[209.51.188.17:from]; RCVD_COUNT_SEVEN(0.00)[10]; FORGED_SENDER_MAILLIST(0.00)[] X-TUID: cei6i/ncb9Ct Hello again, Guix deploy errors message can be hard to understand, see the following output for example: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix deploy -Lmodules systems/hystou-p04.scm guix deploy: warning: failed to load '(config workstation)': no code for module (gnu services lightdm) The following 1 machine will be deployed: abricot guix deploy: deploying to abricot... sending 0 store items (0 MiB) to '192.168.10.10'... sending 0 store items (0 MiB) to '192.168.10.10'... guix deploy: error: failed to deploy abricot: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): ~S --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- By using “guix repl“ I managed to understand that I was setting a field to a undeclared variable: “keyboard-layout“. A stupid mistake on my part that should have been trivial to spot took hours instead because the error message was obscure. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (operating-system … (bootloader (bootloader-configuration … (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- - Brice