bug#62517: installer-dump-ed8ac2cb

bug#62517: installer-dump-ed8ac2cb

[Graham Addis]

Hi,

I have been trying to install guix into a qemu virtual machine on
windows. I've tried it several times and it fails with the same error.

Instructions taken from this site
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html

qemu didn't like the -enable-kvm switch, so I left that out.

Thanks,

Graham

bug#62517: installer-dump-ed8ac2cb

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply.

On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 at 11:31, Graham Addis <grahamjamesaddis@gmail.com> wrote:

> qemu didn't like the -enable-kvm switch, so I left that out.

I guess you need to enable KVM on your host distribution.  On default
Debian, I am running something like:

    1. Check if =/dev/kvm= is there: =ls -l /dev/kvm=
    2. Add the user to the KVM group
       #+begin_src shell
         sudo usermod -a -G kvm <user>
         newgrp kvm
       #+end_src
    3. If it does not work, then try:
       #+begin_src shell
         sudo chmod 777 /dev/kvm
       #+end_src

Once KVM is enable, do you have still the same issue?

Cheers,
simon

bug#62517: installer-dump-ed8ac2cb

[Graham Addis]

I never did get KVM enabled on my windows 10 box.

I ended up doing a bare metal guix install on an old laptop I had,
which works fine, if a little slow.

I'll close this. Thanks Simon

On Tue, 16 May 2023 at 16:06, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 at 11:31, Graham Addis <grahamjamesaddis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > qemu didn't like the -enable-kvm switch, so I left that out.
>
> I guess you need to enable KVM on your host distribution.  On default
> Debian, I am running something like:
>
>     1. Check if =/dev/kvm= is there: =ls -l /dev/kvm=
>     2. Add the user to the KVM group
>        #+begin_src shell
>          sudo usermod -a -G kvm <user>
>          newgrp kvm
>        #+end_src
>     3. If it does not work, then try:
>        #+begin_src shell
>          sudo chmod 777 /dev/kvm
>        #+end_src
>
> Once KVM is enable, do you have still the same issue?
>
> Cheers,
> simon

bug#62517: installer-dump-ed8ac2cb

[Graham Addis]

On Sat, 20 May 2023 at 16:05, Graham Addis <grahamjamesaddis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I never did get KVM enabled on my windows 10 box.
>
> I ended up doing a bare metal guix install on an old laptop I had,
> which works fine, if a little slow.
>
> I'll close this. Thanks Simon
>
> On Tue, 16 May 2023 at 16:06, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sorry for the late reply.
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 at 11:31, Graham Addis <grahamjamesaddis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > qemu didn't like the -enable-kvm switch, so I left that out.
> >
> > I guess you need to enable KVM on your host distribution.  On default
> > Debian, I am running something like:
> >
> >     1. Check if =/dev/kvm= is there: =ls -l /dev/kvm=
> >     2. Add the user to the KVM group
> >        #+begin_src shell
> >          sudo usermod -a -G kvm <user>
> >          newgrp kvm
> >        #+end_src
> >     3. If it does not work, then try:
> >        #+begin_src shell
> >          sudo chmod 777 /dev/kvm
> >        #+end_src
> >
> > Once KVM is enable, do you have still the same issue?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > simon