From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Asteroth Subject: Re: Problem with Guix install with openbox Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:27:46 +0200 Message-ID: <8AB74544-444B-4DC9-BF66-E1F8FAABBA7F@h-brs.de> References: <8736iy415d.fsf@ngyro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49038) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpaEO-00016h-0D for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:28:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpaEM-0000cs-Vo for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:28:03 -0400 Received: from ux-2s11.inf.h-brs.de ([194.95.66.8]:49630) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpaEM-0000aU-Lc for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:28:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8736iy415d.fsf@ngyro.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: Timothy Sample Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Dear Timothy, Thank you for the hint. Unfortunately =E2=80=9C~/.config/openbox/menu.xml=E2= =80=9D does not exists and "find ~/.config -name openbox=E2=80=9D does = not yield any result. Also my ~/.guix-profile/bin is very unpopulated. Also at command line = prompt I don=E2=80=99t have emacs. Shouldn=E2=80=99d this be installed = by the install process? W.r.t. how I =E2=80=9Cinstalled=E2=80=9D lxde (just by guix install = lxde). Do I need to reconfigure every time I install something? Cheers, Alex > On 22. Jul 2019, at 16:03, Timothy Sample wrote: >=20 > Hi Alexander, >=20 > Alexander Asteroth writes: >=20 >> Hi there, >>=20 >> As a former Guile programmer I like the idea to configure my system = using guile. >> I installed Guix in a vm (VmwareFusion I have to admit) and = everything >> worked fine. >> I used the graphical installer and chose Openbox as a = Windowmanager-Option. >> Unfortunately after Installation the desktop is empty and right-click >> menu contains only dead links. >=20 > The last time I looked at our Openbox package, I noticed that it uses = a > default menu configuration. That means it has links to stuff like > Firefox, even though we don=E2=80=99t have a Firefox package. >=20 > You will have to edit the Openbox menu configuration to point to > programs that you have in your profile. If memory serves, it=E2=80=99s = at > =E2=80=9C~/.config/openbox/menu.xml=E2=80=9D. There, you can tell it = how to launch > programs, so you could fix the =E2=80=9Cemacs=E2=80=9D entry to point = to > =E2=80=9C~/.guix-profile/bin/emacs=E2=80=9D, for example. :) >=20 > You will have to get started from the console, because Openbox will = not > know how to open any terminal emulators. >=20 >> I also tride installing lxde afterwards with no options effect.=20 >> Any hint what I can do to solve the issue? >> Thanks!=20 >=20 > Unfortunately, I don=E2=80=99t know about LXDE. Just to be sure, how = did you > =E2=80=9Cinstall=E2=80=9D LXDE? Did you include it in your operating = system > configuration and then run =E2=80=9Cguix system reconfigure = config.scm=E2=80=9D? >=20 >=20 > -- Tim >=20