Re: guix copy connection problems

[Marius Bakke]

Jack Hill  writes:

> Hello Guix,
>
> I'm trying to use `guix copy` to copy some store items from a more 
> powerful computer to my laptop. I've tried to set everything up correctly 
> with ssh-agent, and I can ssh without being prompted for credentials, but 
> guix-initiated connections are timing out, so clearly I'm missing 
> something, but I don't know what. Perhaps the following session transcript 
> with show what I'm missing:
>
> ```
> $ env|grep -i ssh
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
> jackhill@alperton ~$ ssh-add -l
> 256 SHA256:g7qjlV99AHx3R2/ZlkeMGPqnYGzwPJjhVY5y7WX1a/E jackhill@alperton 
> (ED25519)
> jackhill@alperton ~$ ssh jackhill@remote
> Last login: Fri Jul 26 21:38:23 2019 from 107.15.18.231
> jackhill@remote ~$ logout
> Connection to remote closed.
> jackhill@alperton ~$ guix copy --from="jackhill@remote" icecat
> guix copy: error: SSH connection to 'remote' failed: Timeout connecting to 
> remote
> ```

'guix copy' does not currently support the 'user@host' style.  Instead
you have to configure your ~/.ssh/config such that 'ssh hostname' works,
then you can use guix copy --to=hostname-or-ip.

I suspect adding support for 'user@host' should not be too difficult,
without having looked at the code ;-)


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Re: GuixSD doesn't boot on UEFI

[lukasbf]

I have a Trekstor Surfbook A13B running Parabola (so other installers/distros 
work fine)
Installer works on other PCs, so the installer is not corrupt.


Jul 26, 2019, 10:18 PM by jackh...@jackhill.us:

> On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, luka...@tutanota.com wrote:
>
>> I it freezes my UEFI so it doesn't boot... No GRUB, no GNU Shepard, 
>> nothing...
>> :(
>>
>
> Lukas,
>
> Wow, when it fails that early in the process, there is not that much to go 
> on. Have you tried booting other other (non-Guix) media. It would be 
> interesting to know if other live media (e.g. 
> https://wiki.parabola.nu/Get_Parabola ) works for you.
>
> How are you loading Guix unto your boot media? It might be interesting to try 
> a CD or USB if you've only tried one so far.
>
> This might be getting ahead of ourselves, but even if you can't get the Guix 
> installer to boot, you may still be able to get Guix installed on your 
> computer. Options are to connect the disk to a different computer and use 
> Guix (potentially installed on a foreign distro) there to do the installation 
> on the disk, and move it to the target computer once installed. I had to do 
> this recently for a host that would not boot from external media. A variation 
> on this theme would be to install use the Guix binary distribution on 
> different live media that you are able to boot.
>
> Also, if you hava way to do it, updating to the latest version of your UEFI 
> code might be a good idea.
>
> What computer and UEFI are you using?
>
> Best,
> Jack
>