From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laura Lazzati Subject: Re: Guix 1.0.0 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04 Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 12:39:43 -0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000bfd9f4058811adf9" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37006) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hMwlY-0005p8-HJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2019 11:39:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hMwlX-0006Qe-L7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2019 11:39:56 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-x529.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::529]:46112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hMwlX-0006QQ-C8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2019 11:39:55 -0400 Received: by mail-pg1-x529.google.com with SMTP id t187so101765pgb.13 for ; Sat, 04 May 2019 08:39:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Peter Faller Cc: Guix-devel --000000000000bfd9f4058811adf9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Peter! On Sat, 4 May 2019, 10:19 Peter Faller, 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 --000000000000bfd9f4058811adf9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Peter!


On Sat, 4 May 2019, 10:19 Peter F= aller, <pgfaller@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi -

My first atte= mpt to install Guix failed - sorry, I don't have details, but I think i= t 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 reconfigu= red?=C2=A0
The installation appeared to work (no = obvious errors), but the graphical login failed for both root and my user a= ccount. Logging in via Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a console worked, but no commands wer= e available - not even 'ls' or 'cd'. I could run some comma= nds 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 usin= g qemu. I have also an Ubuntu host and after struggling for a week (because= the tool was new to me) I made it work.

<= div dir=3D"auto">Regards!
Laura
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