I=E2=80=99m curious about terminal alternatives so I was pretty exci= ted to see kmscon as a service. What do I need to do aside from add the serv= ice? All I see with the following is blinking cursor on tty8:

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= --Apple-Mail-986F27FB-BE12-409C-B459-3C8694D5FE3E-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Othacehe Subject: Re: Has anyone ever used kmscon successfully Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:33:37 +0900 Message-ID: <87k1k9oj5q.fsf@gmail.com> References: <242D483F-A8FD-4684-9D80-1052D6796280@asu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYTjz-0005H3-OX for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:33:44 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYTjz-0008R6-50 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:33:43 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-x532.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::532]:37810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYTjy-0008PZ-Uh for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:33:43 -0500 Received: by mail-pg1-x532.google.com with SMTP id c25so3225520pgb.4 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 02:33:42 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: <242D483F-A8FD-4684-9D80-1052D6796280@asu.edu> 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: John Soo Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Hi John, I built the new GuixSD installer upon kmscon. It works pretty well and is a good alternative to raw linux VT's in my opinion. > (modify-services > %desktop-services > ('kmscon c => (kmscon-configuration (virtual-terminal "tty8")))))) modify-services implies that there's already a kmscon service in %desktop-services, which is not the case. Plus 'kmscon is not a proper service type. You might prefer to write something like (not tested): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (cons* (service kmscon-service-type (kmscon-configuration (virtual-terminal "tty8"))) %desktop-services) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Mathieu From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Soo Subject: Re: Has anyone ever used kmscon successfully Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:13:00 -0800 Message-ID: <59C71A7F-EE8C-46F0-AA17-05E9B3FC562B@asu.edu> References: <242D483F-A8FD-4684-9D80-1052D6796280@asu.edu> <87k1k9oj5q.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51611) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYWED-0001Yf-0M for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:13:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYWEC-0004Lc-Ac for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:13:04 -0500 Received: from mail-pl1-x630.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::630]:45062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYWEB-0004Kw-W6 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:13:04 -0500 Received: by mail-pl1-x630.google.com with SMTP id a14so4843111plm.12 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:13:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k1k9oj5q.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Mathieu Othacehe Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Thanks! I have a lot to learn about services! Seems nice so far. Do you know if t= here will be any more development on kmscon or is it only in maintenance? Works like a charm. - John > On Dec 16, 2018, at 2:33 AM, Mathieu Othacehe wrote= : >=20 >=20 > Hi John, >=20 > I built the new GuixSD installer upon kmscon. It works pretty well and > is a good alternative to raw linux VT's in my opinion. >=20 >> (modify-services >> %desktop-services >> ('kmscon c =3D> (kmscon-configuration (virtual-terminal "tty8= ")))))) >=20 > modify-services implies that there's already a kmscon service in > %desktop-services, which is not the case. Plus 'kmscon is not a proper > service type. >=20 > You might prefer to write something like (not tested): >=20 > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (cons* (service kmscon-service-type > (kmscon-configuration > (virtual-terminal "tty8"))) > %desktop-services) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >=20 > Mathieu From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Othacehe Subject: Re: Has anyone ever used kmscon successfully Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:26:55 +0900 Message-ID: <87tvjchj9q.fsf@gmail.com> References: <242D483F-A8FD-4684-9D80-1052D6796280@asu.edu> <87k1k9oj5q.fsf@gmail.com> <59C71A7F-EE8C-46F0-AA17-05E9B3FC562B@asu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59058) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYkWv-0003UM-Ba for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:29:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYkUe-0003GD-LA for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:27:01 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x433.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::433]:43306) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYkUe-0003FV-E7 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:27:00 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-x433.google.com with SMTP id w73so5688228pfk.10 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 20:27:00 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: <59C71A7F-EE8C-46F0-AA17-05E9B3FC562B@asu.edu> 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: John Soo Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Hello John, > I have a lot to learn about services! Seems nice so far. Do you know if there will be any more development on kmscon or is it only in maintenance? The original author David Herrmann seems to have stop kmscon developments in 2014. Guix now uses the forked kmscon package hosted at https://github.com/Aetf/kmscon, which contains a few fixes and improvements. > > Works like a charm. Good to know :) Mathieu