From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" Subject: Re: I installed GuixSD on my laptop Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 13:15:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20170604111537.GB4279@floriannotebook> References: <86942c60-38fb-7cd4-7162-72705c50c15a@cock.li> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60702) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHTUx-0002vB-5J for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 07:15:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHTUt-00069j-Mf for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 07:15:07 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.de ([5.45.111.108]:32882 helo=mail.pelzflorian.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHTUt-000683-Cr for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2017 07:15:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86942c60-38fb-7cd4-7162-72705c50c15a@cock.li> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: nee Cc: help-guix@gnu.org On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 10:53:24PM +0200, nee wrote: > Hello everyone, a few months ago I installed GuixSD 0.12 in a luks > encrypted partition on my laptop. Here are some problems I have with it > so far. > > [=E2=80=A6] >=20 > 5. I've been using thunderbird with Enigmail previously. I think I read > on irc that icedove would be the way to go, and that it hasn't been > packaged yet. > Enigmail is really neat, so I wouldn't want to be without it. > I tried to package Evolution once, but I had problems: It only worked when it was the last installed package. I believe it=E2=80=99s not the on= ly GNOME package sufering from this issue. I still want to try again when I have some more time to learn Guix=E2=80=A6 That said, I switched to Mutt and am happy with it. Seems much better than Enigmail because it makes clear which parts of a message are signed. I=E2=80=99m not sure though if Thunderbird Enigmail can spit out = this information somehow too. >=20 > * An unrelated story: > I had to install GuixSD twice, because I forgot to punch "(dependencies > mapped-devices)" into my file-system configuration. > So shepard would not boot up properly and after some time I got a guile > debug repl. > I see that this is my own fault, for not reading the docs properly. > I hope the new ncurses installer will help to prevent such mistakes. >=20 Probably this should be verified by Guix before GuixSD gets installed. > * Not a problem: Touchpad works different > My first observation was that the touchpad was not working correctly. > The touchpad only works for mouse movement. > Clicking by tapping any point on the pad does not work. > Scrolling by moving down/up the right edge does not work. >=20 > I use the hardware buttons below it for clicking, but I wonder, aren't > there some laptops without those? > Later I found out that scrolling works with two fingers and this whole > setup is actually much better, since I do way less misclicks that way! >=20 > * xf86-input-synaptics? > Because I previously tried nixos I directly installed > xf86-input-synaptics with my installation. I never tried to use my > system without it. If it is required it should be mentioned in the docs= . > No. Libinput should be used. Not Synaptics. Synaptics is obsolete. Libinput does not get used on my GuixSD GNOME either though; I believe it still uses Synaptics. My GNOME also does not use Wayland yet, but Xfce does not even support Wayland AFAIK=E2=80=A6 Regards, Florian