bug#29934: in virtual machines the graphical dektop environment randomly fails to show up

[Catonano <catonano@gmail.com>]

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2018-01-03 2:03 GMT+01:00 Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>:

> $ cat vm-config-desktop.scm
>
> (operating-system
>   (host-name "antelope")
>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>   (locale "it_IT.utf8")
>   (kernel-arguments `("console=ttyS0"))
>
>   ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root"
>   ;; is the label of the target root file system.
>   (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")))
>
>   (file-systems (cons (file-system
>                         (device "my-root")
>                         (title 'label)
>                         (mount-point "/")
>                         (type "ext4")
>
>                       )
>                       %base-file-systems))
>
>   (users (cons (user-account
>                 (name "catonano")
>                 (comment "Alice's brother")
>                 (group "users")
>                 (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
>                                         "audio" "video"))
>                 (home-directory "/home/catonano"))
>                %base-user-accounts))
>
>   ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>   (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
>                    gvfs              ;for user mounts
>                    %base-packages))
>
>   ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
>   ;; screen with F1.  Use the "desktop" services, which
>   ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with Wicd,
>   ;; and more.
>   (services (cons* (postgresql-service #:locale "it_IT.UTF-8")
>                    ;(service trytond-service-type)
>                    (service agetty-service-type (agetty-configuration (tty
> "ttyS0")))
>                    (gnome-desktop-service)
>                    (xfce-desktop-service)
>                    %desktop-services))
>
>   ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
>   (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
>
>
> And then
>
> $ `guix system vm ~/vm-config-desktop.scm    --image-size=10GB
>  --share=$HOME/tmp=/exchange` -serial stdio
> ...
> This is the GNU system.  Welcome.
> antelope login:
>


Ok, now I can login into the guest from the host terminal

This will be uuseful !

Thanks

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