From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: Call for testing Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:44:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87y49272on.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower> References: <87oaa2sw6k.fsf@gnu.org> <8760w7vd69.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower> <87oa9ypeuz.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51619) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ake1n-0001pQ-2k for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:44:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ake1j-0005G2-Rn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:44:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87oa9ypeuz.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:44:04 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: >> - Please provide and suggest tested desktop.scm and server.scm > > Yeah, though each person has their own idea of what =E2=80=9Cserver=E2=80= =9D or > =E2=80=9Cdesktop=E2=80=9D means Sure, it would help with bug reports like mine... Can you try the plain xxx.scm? >> It would be nice if an install was possible without network, e.g. >> server.scm/minimal.scm. > > Yes, though again it=E2=80=99s difficult because any change in the config= may > lead to additional downloads. Exactly, even more difficult for a user to determine. Just a suggestion. > So you did a =E2=80=98guix system init=E2=80=99 that failed with the erro= r above, and > then you rebooted and got a broken GRUB? Yes, that has been my perception. > Unless I=E2=80=99m mistaken, a =E2=80=9Cbuild failed=E2=80=9D error preve= nts the rest of the > installation, including GRUB install, from happening. Not sure what > happened. Yes, that was what I was hoping; quite possibly I goofed up somewhere. I'm quite terrible at following instructions manually; scripts and second-tries work magic for me :-) Greetings, Jan --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.nl= =20=20