Re: Running graphical apps with guix shell --container

[Edouard Klein <edou@rdklein.fr>]

I won't be specifically helpful, but I never managed to get chromium to
run in a container. It crashes almost immediately. If you ever manage
it, I'd be happy to know the magic command that allows it.


Cheers,

Edouard.
Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> writes:

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> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run a GTK application in an isolated environment, but the application seems to fail when trying to be displayed. I'm running these commands:
>
> EXAMPLE:
> $ guix shell -C --preserve='^DISPLAY$'
> $ python3 mazo
> INFO: No database found. Creating it.
> INFO: Database created.
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
>
> (mazo:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:24:28.154: cannot open display: :1
> END EXAMPLE
>
> Also, trying the following example from Guix manual, the browser does not start:
>
> EXAMPLE:
> $ guix shell --container --network --no-cwd ungoogled-chromium --preserve='^DISPLAY$' -- chromium
> Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
> END EXAMPLE
>
> I'm using Guix System 037c2b6.
>
>
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