"Thompson, David" <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:57 AM, myglc2 <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a headless server running Guix/Debian 8.3 on which I would like >> to run some guix vms. So far, I have a script (see mkvm.sh, attached) >> that runs a single vm. It has some issues:
[...] > What is the QEMU console? I meant the display window. > If you mean user passwords, it is possible > to specify the hashed password in a user account in your OS config > file, IIRC. Thanks, saw that. Being a qemu noobe and a bit lazy, I was hoping there might be an example ;-) >> 3) on the vm, 'guix package -i' throws an error, e.g., >> >> (on the console) >> v1 login: u1 >> password: <password> >> $ guix package -i >> accepted connection from pid 390, user u1 >> guix package: error: build failed: changing ownership of '/path/store': >> Read-only file system > > The VMs created with 'guix system vm' are immutable. [...] OH, so guix VM users should not expect to install packages. This was non-obvious, at least to me. Maybe the doc should say this. >> 4) I can't log in to the vm like I expected, e.g. 'ssh [email protected]' >> times out > > Sounds like you have a QEMU networking issue to figure out. Doesn't > seem related to Guix at all. OK, just wanted to make sure is isn't a know issue. [...] > HTH, > > - Dave It did. Many thanks. - George
