This below error I am getting $ blueman-manager 718s blueman-manager version 2.1.4 starting Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/894nlym6bvmn3cza9q775pg4f1gvixxa-blueman-2.1.4/lib/python3.8/site-packages/blueman/main/Manager.py", line 111, in on_dbus_name_appeared check_bluetooth_status(_("Bluetooth needs to be turned on for the device manager to function"), File "/gnu/store/894nlym6bvmn3cza9q775pg4f1gvixxa-blueman-2.1.4/lib/python3.8/site-packages/blueman/Functions.py", line 73, in check_bluetooth_status if "PowerManager" not in applet.QueryPlugins(): File "/gnu/store/qrpkvnya5z5q2n1lc024wbxb27p9wrzq-python-pygobject-3.34.0/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gio.py", line 351, in __call__ result = self.dbus_proxy.call_sync(self.method_name, arg_variant, gi.repository.GLib.Error: g-dbus-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.blueman.Applet was not provided by any .service files (2) (thanks for support) On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 03:25, Leo Prikler wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 13.05.2021, 19:56 +0530 schrieb Shyam Saran: > > many packages become nonfunctional if not install in fixed profiles > > (e.g. ~/.guix-profile) > While this is true, there is not necessarily a common cause for all > such instances. Even among packages, that hardcode ~/.guix-profile, > there might be differences, so it's better to focus on specific > instances or groups of instances, in which one fix can be applied to > all of them. > > > 1. blueman > Please provide more information on blueman. > > 2. font-conf so most of font like font-lohit will not be available > This one has a history. Instead of exposing itself to the dangers of > environment variables, fontconfig took the reasonable approach of > letting itself be controlled by XML files, so if you want it to work > differently from how it usually behaves, you have to edit those. > > > I had noticed that fixed profiles have become part of many > > packages/services definition which could be the reason that many of > > these packages/services become dependent on these fixed profiles. > Which packages/services in particular? > > > It can be checked with > > > > $ ag --scheme '.guix-profile' > > $ grep -r '.guix-profile' > > > > in code > I find 65 matches including documentation. Even assuming every one of > them was a package, it would affect about 1% of packages, many of which > would probably be leaf packages. So while this number is definitely > large enough to intimidate those who want to quickly fix a number of > them, it is also smaller in scale than the report would imply. > > > > > Also > > > > We provides necessary services through putting environment variables > > in each profiles > > > > PROFILE_PATH/etc/profile > > > > like for pidgin/purple > > PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH > > > > for libraries > > LIBRARY_PATH > > > > > > As suggestion > > > > We could first provide augment all variables with guix specific > > prefix e.g. GUIX_PEV_... > > (PVS profile environment variables.) > > > > So these all variables will become > > > > > > GUIX_PEV_PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH > > GUIX_PEV_LIBRARY_PATH > > > > then we could or could not (left to user) to set them > > PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH=$GUIX_PEV_PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH > > LIBRARY_PATH=$GUIX_PEV_LIBRARY_PATH > > > > > > So with prefixed env vars, in first look one will know it is coming > > from guix related profiles. > > maybe it will also help in removing dependencies on fixed profiles. > Guix already prefixes some environment variables, that might cause > issues if they are read by all variants of a package with GUIX_. I > don't think this needs to be done for every search path, however. > Again, specific instances like GUIX_PYTHONPATH can (and should be) > discussed, but I don't think this solves the relation to fixed > profiles. > > Regards, > Leo > >