From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Wrong system time Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:59:55 -0400 Message-ID: <20160711155955.GB4630@jasmine> References: <20160613203525.GA11960@jasmine> <7c10655d-afc0-ce96-f2e7-c38576c8cce1@ninthfloor.org> <20160614021747.GD16928@jasmine> <874m8wjivy.fsf@gnu.org> <8737nhrxq5.fsf@gmail.com> <20160710224215.GA9757@jasmine> <69e0bdb0-b6ec-66bc-6be2-27aac4f46c54@ninthfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMdcx-0004E7-TH for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:00:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMdct-000800-0t for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:00:11 -0400 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:44504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMdcr-0007ro-Nx for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:00:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <69e0bdb0-b6ec-66bc-6be2-27aac4f46c54@ninthfloor.org> 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: Kete Foy Cc: help-guix@gnu.org On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:52:00AM +0000, Kete Foy wrote: > Thanks, I have this and the linux use-package-modules, but I may have > made a mistake. I installed linux 4.1 as the normal user, and I ran > 'guix system reconfigure' as my normal user or root but definitely as > root after linux libre 4.1 did not boot. I had more output the 1st time > I reconfigured: probably tried to reconfigure but didn't have permission. Right, You must reconfigure as root. It seems that an unprivileged user can do quite a bit of the required work, such as building the required packages, but eventually you will reach the steps that require privileges.