From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: myglc2 Subject: Re: 'guix system vm' questions Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:20:34 -0400 Message-ID: <86poqyfk65.fsf@gmail.com> References: <861t3g7a9p.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53189) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIjQ4-0003wV-Vo for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:22:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIjQ0-0006tl-Nj for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:22:43 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:50390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bIjQ0-0006tg-Gt for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:22:40 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bIjPx-0001nB-Vr for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:22:38 +0200 Received: from c-73-167-118-254.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([73.167.118.254]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:22:37 +0200 Received: from myglc2 by c-73-167-118-254.hsd1.ma.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:22:37 +0200 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: help-guix@gnu.org "Thompson, David" writes: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:57 AM, myglc2 wrote: >> I have a headless server running Guix/Debian 8.3 on which I would like >> to run some guix vms. So far, I have a script (see mkvm.sh, attached) >> that runs a single vm. It has some issues: [...] > What is the QEMU console? I meant the display window. > If you mean user passwords, it is possible > to specify the hashed password in a user account in your OS config > file, IIRC. Thanks, saw that. Being a qemu noobe and a bit lazy, I was hoping there might be an example ;-) >> 3) on the vm, 'guix package -i' throws an error, e.g., >> >> (on the console) >> v1 login: u1 >> password: >> $ guix package -i >> accepted connection from pid 390, user u1 >> guix package: error: build failed: changing ownership of '/path/store': Read-only file system > > The VMs created with 'guix system vm' are immutable. [...] OH, so guix VM users should not expect to install packages. This was non-obvious, at least to me. Maybe the doc should say this. >> 4) I can't log in to the vm like I expected, e.g. 'ssh u1@10.0.2.15' >> times out > > Sounds like you have a QEMU networking issue to figure out. Doesn't > seem related to Guix at all. OK, just wanted to make sure is isn't a know issue. [...] > HTH, > > - Dave It did. Many thanks. - George