Re: Issues with my configuration - zsh shell default

[Divan Santana <divan@santanas.co.za>]

> 2) Change shell for user to zsh.
> I followed https://gitlab.com/rain1/guix-wiki/wikis/FAQ on how to change
> shell to zsh but getting this error when reconfiguring:
>
>> guix system: error: failed to load '/etc/config.scm':
>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:2795:6: In procedure resolve-interface:
>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:2795:6: no code for module (gnu packages zsh)
>
> I can install zsh using guix package -i zsh and start it manually.

This works for me:

(use-package-modules shells)

  (users (cons (user-account
                (name "admin")
                (comment "")
                (group "users")
                (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
                                        "audio" "video"))
                (shell #~(string-append #$zsh "/bin/zsh"))
                (home-directory "/home/admin"))
               %base-user-accounts))

Though I'm not yet sure how to change the root accounts shell to zsh.

Anyone know that?

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Hi Fredrik,
>
>> 1)  Mounting a nfs disk.
>> I tried adding the nfs mount to file-systems.
>>
>>> (file-system
>>>    (device "fafner:/srv/nfs4/Valhalla")
>>>    (title 'device)
>>>    (mount-point "/media/Valhalla")
>>>    (type "nfs4")
>>>    (check? #f))
>>
>> It works after I reconfigure guix
>>
>>> sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
>>
>> But when I reboot, guixsd will not start it just hangs in the boot process.
>> Looks like a lot of services are failing.
>
> Do you want this to be mounted on boot?  I don’t think there’s a way to
> express that a mount should happen after the network has come up (yet).
>
> You can only tell Guix not to try to mount the disk on boot.  Use
> auto-mounting to mount the disk on demand at a later point.  (We don’t
> have a service for autofs yet.)
>
> Your contributions in this area would be welcome!
>
>> 2) Change shell for user to zsh.
>> I followed https://gitlab.com/rain1/guix-wiki/wikis/FAQ on how to change
>> shell to zsh but getting this error when reconfiguring:
>>
>>> guix system: error: failed to load '/etc/config.scm':
>>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:2795:6: In procedure resolve-interface:
>>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:2795:6: no code for module (gnu packages zsh)
>
> There is no module “(gnu packages zsh)”.  “zsh” is now in “(gnu packages
> shells)”.
>
>> 3) Keyboard mapping.
> […]
>
>> The question is how do I translate this to GuixSD? Closest I could find in
>> the manual was about the X window, but didn't find anything that directly
>> matches what I want.
>
> Here’s what I do in my config:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (define dvorak-evdev
>   (call-with-input-file "/etc/config.d/evdev.conf" read-string))
>
> […]
>
> (operating-system …
>   (services …
>     (modify-services %desktop-services
>       (slim-service-type
>        config => (slim-configuration
>                   (inherit config)
>                   (startx (xorg-start-command
>                            #:configuration-file
>                            (xorg-configuration-file
>                             #:extra-config
>                             (list dvorak-evdev))))))
>                             …)))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> You can use something like that to add to the xorg configuration file.
> Just put your snippet in a file and slurp it up.
>
>> 4) /bin/env
>> In the manual, under Base Services
>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Base-Services> it
>> describes how to add env to /bin. I tried adding that snippet to my
>> services but I don't see env in /bin after I reconfigure.
>
> Not sure about this one.  Your config looks okay to me.  I’m not using
> this myself, so I don’t know if there’s a bug in our documentation.
>
>> I've also noticed some odd issues with my keyboards that are running the qmk
>> firmware <https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware>. I've setup that my space
>> have a dual action, it's register as space when pressing and ctrl when
>> holding the key. But when using them in GuixSD it results in a 1s delay
>> every time I press space. Which gives a very sluggish impression when
>> typing in the terminal. It works fine if I disable that feature. I have not
>> experienced that issue in any other distro.
>
> Don’t know about this one.  Is any kernel firmware loading mechanism
> involved or do you suspect an xorg configuration problem?


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Divan Santana

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