guixsd on macbook

guixsd on macbook

[rennes]

Hi people,

I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are some 
issue with touchpad.

If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix with the 
following commands:

rmmod usbhid
rmmod usbkbd

or use an external usb keyboard.


regards

Re: guixsd on macbook

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:

> I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are some
> issue with touchpad.
>
> If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix with
> the following commands:
>
> rmmod usbhid
> rmmod usbkbd
>
> or use an external usb keyboard.

Interesting!  We were discussing this at <http://bugs.gnu.org/20433>,
and it seems that only ‘usbkbd’ was at fault.

Could you check if removing ‘usbkbd’ alone is enough?

I would expect ‘usbhid’ to be required since the internal keyboard
appears to be a USB device.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: guixsd on macbook

[rennes]

On 2016-01-20 16:47, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:
> 
>> I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are some
>> issue with touchpad.
>> 
>> If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix with
>> the following commands:
>> 
>> rmmod usbhid
>> rmmod usbkbd
>> 
>> or use an external usb keyboard.
> 
> Interesting!  We were discussing this at <http://bugs.gnu.org/20433>,
> and it seems that only ‘usbkbd’ was at fault.
> 
> Could you check if removing ‘usbkbd’ alone is enough?
> 
> I would expect ‘usbhid’ to be required since the internal keyboard
> appears to be a USB device.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.


Hi Ludo,

is correct, removing 'usbkbd'.

I only use 'rmmod usbhid' to reload the module of the internal keyboard.

i test configuring from the scratch the machine and it´s working:

(operating-system
   (host-name "antelope")
   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
   (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
   (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=usbkbd"))
.....


if i reconfigure:

   sudo guix system reconfigure /path/to/configuration.scm

is not working.


regards

Re: guixsd on macbook

[Alex Kost]

rennes@openmailbox.org (2016-01-22 00:39 +0300) wrote:

> On 2016-01-20 16:47, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:
>>
>>> I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are some
>>> issue with touchpad.
>>>
>>> If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix with
>>> the following commands:
>>>
>>> rmmod usbhid
>>> rmmod usbkbd
>>>
>>> or use an external usb keyboard.
>>
>> Interesting!  We were discussing this at <http://bugs.gnu.org/20433>,
>> and it seems that only ‘usbkbd’ was at fault.
>>
>> Could you check if removing ‘usbkbd’ alone is enough?
>>
>> I would expect ‘usbhid’ to be required since the internal keyboard
>> appears to be a USB device.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ludo’.
>
>
> Hi Ludo,
>
> is correct, removing 'usbkbd'.
>
> I only use 'rmmod usbhid' to reload the module of the internal keyboard.
>
> i test configuring from the scratch the machine and it´s working:
>
> (operating-system
>   (host-name "antelope")
>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>   (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
>   (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=usbkbd"))
> .....
>
>
> if i reconfigure:
>
>   sudo guix system reconfigure /path/to/configuration.scm
>
> is not working.

Did you do "guix pull" before reconfiguring?  Support for
"modprobe.blacklist" arguments was added several days ago, so you need
to have a recent guix code.

-- 
Alex

Re: guixsd on macbook

[rennes]

hi,

On 2016-01-22 00:13, Alex Kost wrote:
> rennes@openmailbox.org (2016-01-22 00:39 +0300) wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-01-20 16:47, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:
>>> 
>>>> I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are some
>>>> issue with touchpad.
>>>> 
>>>> If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix with
>>>> the following commands:
>>>> 
>>>> rmmod usbhid
>>>> rmmod usbkbd
>>>> 
>>>> or use an external usb keyboard.
>>> 
>>> Interesting!  We were discussing this at <http://bugs.gnu.org/20433>,
>>> and it seems that only ‘usbkbd’ was at fault.
>>> 
>>> Could you check if removing ‘usbkbd’ alone is enough?
>>> 
>>> I would expect ‘usbhid’ to be required since the internal keyboard
>>> appears to be a USB device.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ludo’.
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Ludo,
>> 
>> is correct, removing 'usbkbd'.
>> 
>> I only use 'rmmod usbhid' to reload the module of the internal 
>> keyboard.
>> 
>> i test configuring from the scratch the machine and it´s working:
>> 
>> (operating-system
>>   (host-name "antelope")
>>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>>   (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
>>   (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=usbkbd"))
>> .....
>> 
>> 
>> if i reconfigure:
>> 
>>   sudo guix system reconfigure /path/to/configuration.scm
>> 
>> is not working.
> 
> Did you do "guix pull" before reconfiguring?  Support for
> "modprobe.blacklist" arguments was added several days ago, so you need
> to have a recent guix code.


apologies for my late reply, i test run "guix pull" before 
reconfiguring, and its don`t working.

For the moment i use the first option, configuring from the scratch.

Thanks in advance.

Re: guixsd on macbook

[Alex Kost]

rennes@openmailbox.org (2016-01-29 05:32 +0300) wrote:

> hi,
>
> On 2016-01-22 00:13, Alex Kost wrote:
>> rennes@openmailbox.org (2016-01-22 00:39 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-01-20 16:47, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:
>>>>
>>>>> I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are some
>>>>> issue with touchpad.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix with
>>>>> the following commands:
>>>>>
>>>>> rmmod usbhid
>>>>> rmmod usbkbd
>>>>>
>>>>> or use an external usb keyboard.
>>>>
>>>> Interesting!  We were discussing this at <http://bugs.gnu.org/20433>,
>>>> and it seems that only ‘usbkbd’ was at fault.
>>>>
>>>> Could you check if removing ‘usbkbd’ alone is enough?
>>>>
>>>> I would expect ‘usbhid’ to be required since the internal keyboard
>>>> appears to be a USB device.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ludo’.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ludo,
>>>
>>> is correct, removing 'usbkbd'.
>>>
>>> I only use 'rmmod usbhid' to reload the module of the internal
>>> keyboard.
>>>
>>> i test configuring from the scratch the machine and it´s working:
>>>
>>> (operating-system
>>>   (host-name "antelope")
>>>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>>>   (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
>>>   (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=usbkbd"))
>>> .....
>>>
>>>
>>> if i reconfigure:
>>>
>>>   sudo guix system reconfigure /path/to/configuration.scm
>>>
>>> is not working.
>>
>> Did you do "guix pull" before reconfiguring?  Support for
>> "modprobe.blacklist" arguments was added several days ago, so you need
>> to have a recent guix code.
>
>
> apologies for my late reply, i test run "guix pull" before
> reconfiguring, and its don`t working.

Since a system is configured from root, you also need to run "guix pull"
as root.  Did you do it, did you just run "guix pull" from your user?

-- 
Alex

Re: guixsd on macbook

[rennes]

On 2016-01-29 09:46, Alex Kost wrote:
> rennes@openmailbox.org (2016-01-29 05:32 +0300) wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> On 2016-01-22 00:13, Alex Kost wrote:
>>> rennes@openmailbox.org (2016-01-22 00:39 +0300) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2016-01-20 16:47, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. There are 
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> issue with touchpad.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If anyone has problems with the keyboard when boot guixsd, fix 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> the following commands:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> rmmod usbhid
>>>>>> rmmod usbkbd
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> or use an external usb keyboard.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Interesting!  We were discussing this at 
>>>>> <http://bugs.gnu.org/20433>,
>>>>> and it seems that only ‘usbkbd’ was at fault.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Could you check if removing ‘usbkbd’ alone is enough?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would expect ‘usbhid’ to be required since the internal keyboard
>>>>> appears to be a USB device.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ludo’.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Ludo,
>>>> 
>>>> is correct, removing 'usbkbd'.
>>>> 
>>>> I only use 'rmmod usbhid' to reload the module of the internal
>>>> keyboard.
>>>> 
>>>> i test configuring from the scratch the machine and it´s working:
>>>> 
>>>> (operating-system
>>>>   (host-name "antelope")
>>>>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>>>>   (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
>>>>   (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=usbkbd"))
>>>> .....
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> if i reconfigure:
>>>> 
>>>>   sudo guix system reconfigure /path/to/configuration.scm
>>>> 
>>>> is not working.
>>> 
>>> Did you do "guix pull" before reconfiguring?  Support for
>>> "modprobe.blacklist" arguments was added several days ago, so you 
>>> need
>>> to have a recent guix code.
>> 
>> 
>> apologies for my late reply, i test run "guix pull" before
>> reconfiguring, and its don`t working.
> 
> Since a system is configured from root, you also need to run "guix 
> pull"
> as root.  Did you do it, did you just run "guix pull" from your user?


Thanks Alex,

now works!.

Re: guixsd on macbook

[白い熊＠相撲道]

On January 19, 2016 10:29:17 PM CET, rennes@openmailbox.org wrote:
>I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. 

Macbook's WiFi needs the proprietary Broadcom STA wireless drivers and the video for X needs the proprietary Nvidia display driver. 

How did you overcome or solve these issues? 
--
白い熊＠相撲道

Re: guixsd on macbook

[Christopher Allan Webber]

白い熊＠相撲道 writes:

> On January 19, 2016 10:29:17 PM CET, rennes@openmailbox.org wrote:
>>I've finished installing correctly GuixSD on macbook. 
>
> Macbook's WiFi needs the proprietary Broadcom STA wireless drivers and
> the video for X needs the proprietary Nvidia display driver.
>
> How did you overcome or solve these issues? 

Maybe nouvau can work?  Even if it's not as powerful, if it can display
X, that's still good.

There's also the free-software-supporting usb wifi device sold by
ThinkPenguin.