Hello Laura, Laura Lazzati ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt. 10., Sze 18:41): > On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:17 PM Björn Höfling > wrote: > > > > Hi Laura, > > > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:08:44 -0300 > > Laura Lazzati wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > > > I don't know if is it OK to be telling you what I am/ I've been doing > > > these days, I kind of like doing so to have feedback, and also to let > > > you know > > > > This is exactly the way to go! It's good to hear where you stay, what > > you tried, where you succeeded, where you got stuck. If you get stuck, > > tell us about the paths you already tried out and why you don't get > > further alone. > > > Sorry for being absent for a day. After updating and upgrading my > computer, I am stuck trying to see why the sound stopped working. Yes, > this kind of thinks happen but just now? > No worries, one day off is perfectly ok, however if you did not get an answer in 3 or 4 days, then please contact us, since in that case there is some communications mistake. Last time losing sound happened to me after a dist-upgrade in ubuntu, and turned out, that the pulseaudio package shipped with a configuration that was not compatible with the version of the binaries supplied. I ran it in the foreground, and in the startup messages or in the log I found that it could not parse the config. It can be something entirely different though. I hope this helps. > > > One thing that was today on the Outreachy mentors-mailinglist: If you > > finally made a contribution, please go directly on the Outreachy > > project page, select the Guix project and formally record your > > contributions. That's important to us and for the whole Outreachy > > project to see who/how many applicants are possible candidates for a > > project. > > > > > > > I installed guix on a VM with an Ubuntu distro and it worked fine - i > > > ran some basic commands. > > > I am trying to install GuixSD over that VM too and on bare metal - > > > don't know if this two steps are necessary, but looking at the tasks > > > for Outreachy one items says that I will be doing documentation for > > > it. > > > > Concerning bare metal: Guix uses 100% Free Software und thus uses the > > libre kernel, not the normal vanilla kernel. That means some binaries > > included in the vanilla kernel are stripped off. Hickups might occur, > > especially with Network, WLAN and Graphics, compared to Ubuntu. > > > I thought that by installing bare metal ment installing it on a VM > without any operating system. I mean, putting the ISO there. I only > have one retro PC available with no OS where I could be trying that - > it is like 13 years old, and it is not a laptop. > It is ok to skip that all together, a VM install is more than enough for now. > As always before installing a new OS, make backups of your data and > > configurations on that machine! > > > > > 1) should I write, at least for myself, the problems I've been > > > encountering in the whole process of doing everything? > > > > Yes, very good! I do that for myself too. It leads to good, reproducible > > bug reports, bug fixes, documentation fixes, blog entries and could also > > be used as a starting point for a screenplay for the videos. > Love doing this kind of things. > > > > Björn > Best regards, g_bor >