Putting a file into system image ~user/ but not on reconfigure

2023-08-09 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Hi, sorry for the hard to understand subject. I need to put a file into a system image (into ~user) which will not be recreated or touched when running "system reconfigure" later, even if not existent. So this is some kind of "one-time service", removing itself on first boot.

guix pack: support for something similar to Nix's buildLayeredImage

2023-08-09 Thread Simon Pugnet
Hi, I have been experimenting with using guix pack to build images. Take the following examples: - 1. guix pack -f docker coreutils 2. guix pack -f docker python 3. guix pack -f docker coreutils python 4. guix pack -f docker rust 5. guix pack -f docker coreutils rust If I then import those

Re: GDM not recognizing window manager; ChooseWM

2023-08-09 Thread James R. Haigh (+ML.GNU.Guix subaddress)
Hi Patrick, At Z-0500=2023-08-07Mon08:15:57, Patrick Pippen sent: > […] My question is with gdm how do I get gdm to allow me to choose between > XFCE and Bspwm? I don't know about GDM since haven't used it in years, but you may find ChooseWM a useful alternative. Very simple, simply starts

Gdm not recognizing window manager

2023-08-09 Thread Patrick Pippen
Greetings I just installed GUIX 1.4.0 over the weekend with XFCE. Then I installed Bspwm and sxhkd. Then I created a .xsession file with only this content: exec bspwm Restarted laptop tried logging in and it only goes back to login screen. My question is with gdm how do I get gdm to allow me