mcron

2018-08-03 Thread Benjamin Slade
nnI'm having trouble getting mcron to work. I have configured it in /etc/config.scm similarly to the example given in the manual, but it the mcron service seems to immediately stop. I've tried `sudo herd enable mcron` and `sudo herd start mcron`, which work, but then when I check its status, I

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

2018-08-03 Thread Clément Lassieur
Benjamin Slade writes: > > Do you use Libreboot? > > Yes, I'm using Libreboot. Does this make a great difference over the > manufacturer firmware in this case? It might, because the GRUB used is the one shipped with Libreboot. So it has nothing to do with Guix. I think talking to the

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

2018-08-03 Thread Benjamin Slade
On 2018-08-02T02:24:31-0600, Chris Marusich wrote: > > Doing a full LUKS-encryption on root, including /boot results in > > very slow unlocking at boot (about 30 secs even with --iter set to > > 1000). Is there any way to do an unencrypted /boot with an > > encrypted root? > At that

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

2018-08-03 Thread Benjamin Slade
> Do you use Libreboot? Yes, I'm using Libreboot. Does this make a great difference over the manufacturer firmware in this case? > I'm unsure [using an unencrypted /boot] would help, because GRUB > would still have to unencrypt / to access the kernel (the kernel is > in /gnu/store). Ah, I

Re: difficulty getting networking working on new install

2018-08-03 Thread Benjamin Slade
> at the very least you could fire up a terminal and use "nmcli" or > "nmtui", which should be installed in your system profile by default > when you have the NetworkManager service installed. Thanks, Chris, this did help immensely. I've used other tools in the commandline and NetworkManager

Re: udev-rules for my FST-01 gnuk security token

2018-08-03 Thread Arun Isaac
> We do need a service for this. I'll write one if nobody beats me to > it. I have created a Guix service for pcscd. https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32358 It looks like the udev rules were completely unnecessary for my gnuk token. Running the pcscd daemon alone was sufficient.