Guix 1.0.0 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04

Guix 1.0.0 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04

[Peter Faller]

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Hi -

My first attempt to install Guix failed - sorry, I don't have details, but
I think it may have had something to do with selecting too many window
managers. So I tried again, selecting only GNOME. The installation appeared
to work (no obvious errors), but the graphical login failed for both root
and my user account. Logging in via Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a console worked, but no
commands were available - not even 'ls' or 'cd'. I could run some commands
by typing in the full, long, '....profile...' command name; but there's
something seriously wrong with having to do that.

I couldn't find an installation log that might be helpful; but if there is
such a thing that might be useful for troubleshooting, let me know.

Regards
Peter

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Re: Guix 1.0.0 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04

[Laura Lazzati]

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Hi Peter!


On Sat, 4 May 2019, 10:19 Peter Faller, <pgfaller@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi -
>
> My first attempt to install Guix failed - sorry, I don't have details, but
> I think it may have had something to do with selecting too many window
> managers. So I tried again, selecting only GNOME.
>
Did you delete the VM and started al over again or just reconfigured?

> The installation appeared to work (no obvious errors), but the graphical
> login failed for both root and my user account. Logging in via Ctrl-Alt-F1
> to a console worked, but no commands were available - not even 'ls' or
> 'cd'. I could run some commands by typing in the full, long,
> '....profile...' command name; but there's something seriously wrong with
> having to do that.
>
> I couldn't find an installation log that might be helpful; but if there is
> such a thing that might be useful for troubleshooting, let me know.
>
I run virtualbox too because it was the first one I learnt but for the
distro I suggest using qemu. I have also an Ubuntu host and after
struggling for a week (because the tool was new to me) I made it work.

Regards!
Laura

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Re: Guix 1.0.0 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04

[Peter Faller]

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Much better results with Guix-1.0.1 - although the default 8Gb disk was too
small at first. Using a 16Gb VirtualBox VDI allowed successful
installation, and I now have a running system.

Thanks to all the contributors!

On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:39, Laura Lazzati <laura.lazzati.15@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Peter!
>
>
> On Sat, 4 May 2019, 10:19 Peter Faller, <pgfaller@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi -
>>
>> My first attempt to install Guix failed - sorry, I don't have details,
>> but I think it may have had something to do with selecting too many window
>> managers. So I tried again, selecting only GNOME.
>>
> Did you delete the VM and started al over again or just reconfigured?
>
>> The installation appeared to work (no obvious errors), but the graphical
>> login failed for both root and my user account. Logging in via Ctrl-Alt-F1
>> to a console worked, but no commands were available - not even 'ls' or
>> 'cd'. I could run some commands by typing in the full, long,
>> '....profile...' command name; but there's something seriously wrong with
>> having to do that.
>>
>> I couldn't find an installation log that might be helpful; but if there
>> is such a thing that might be useful for troubleshooting, let me know.
>>
> I run virtualbox too because it was the first one I learnt but for the
> distro I suggest using qemu. I have also an Ubuntu host and after
> struggling for a week (because the tool was new to me) I made it work.
>
> Regards!
> Laura
>

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