Hello all,
I hope i won't commit any grave errors of etiquette, since this is my
first post here.
I've been experimenting with installing Guix inside a VirtualBox virtual
machine, and it's pretty cool. I'm even managing to figure out how to
install packages ;)
My problem is thus: i've installed slim by adding the following to my
system config: (i also do the necessary import at the top)
(services (cons* (slim-service)
%base-services))
This compiles fine, using `guix system reconfigure /etc/myconfig.scm`,
but when i reboot the VM, X seems to start alright, but with a garbled
screen. <http://i.imgur.com/XT5n24X.png>
I suspect that this is because it is loading the vesa driver and not the
vboxvideo driver (according to /var/log/X.org.log it tries to load
vboxvideo then falls back to vesa after failing -- it just says
"Warning, couldn't load module vboxvideo").
My question is therefore: has anyone else managed to get X working
inside a VirtualBox VM? If so, how? And, (assume i'm a total noob here)
where can i find the vboxvideo driver: in a package, or should i
compile it from source? I am willing to try and package it as a
practise-case for myself if it's not already in the Guix repos, but i
have no idea where to begin.
Thank you for your time and effort! And my apologies if i should
rtfm/gtfo/be beaten by a clue-stick!
p.
