Re: Slim & Multi-monitor

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Chris,

> Brett Gilio  writes:
>
>> I have a dual monitor setup for my workstation I use Guix on. The Slim
>> DM is quite nice for me, and i'd theoretically like to remain with
>> it. However, I am having trouble with the way Slim is treating the
>> dual-monitor display. Instead of treating each monitor as their own
>> "workspace", it is treating both monitors together as a single extended
>> display, which creates an awkward division down the middle of Slim, and
>> displays part of the login field on each monitor display.
>>
>> I checked the documentation for Slim to see if this is written on, and I
>> did not find anything.
>
> I can confirm that this happens for me, also.  I wasn't sure if it was a
> bug or not, so I didn't comment on it, but it certainly seems incorrect.
> Since this affects multiple people using GuixSD, perhaps we should file
> a bug report about it.  Could you do that by emailing bug-g...@gnu.org?

I don’t think Slim supports multiple monitors, so there’s little we can
do without forking it.

Slim also has a couple of other drawbacks (such as no support for input
methods and lack of localisation).  We should change the default to a
different display manager such as gdm or lightdm.

--
Ricardo

Re: Single user mode in GuixSD

[Clément Lassieur]

Joshua Branson  writes:

>  writes:
>
>> Hello, Guix Help! Once I've lost root password and need to restore root 
>> password in GuixSD.
>>
>
> If you've lost the root password, I don't believe there is much that we
> can do.  You might just have to reinstall.  :()

No, if you have physical access, you can read and modify everything on
your data storage device if you boot from another distro and thus use
the data storage device as an external device.  :-)

>> I've tried to press 'e' in GRUB, added init=/bin/sh and booted into it.
>>
>> But login screen appeared, if it was the usual boot. And I need to use 
>> usb-stick, mount file system, delay root hash from /etc/shadow.
>>
>> Please, how to get single-user mode in GuixSD?

One week to our gathering in Paris!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Guix!

Next Monday, Dec. 10, some of us will be gathering in Paris, France, for
an informal meetup.  If you haven’t made up your mind yet, now’s the
time!  :-)

  https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/ParisGathering2018

Please make sure to add your name to the list of attendees (or
let me know privately) so we have a better idea of how many of us will
be there when booking for lunch etc.

Some of us already listed possible topics on the wiki page above.  We’ll
make it very much “unconference style” and select topics to discuss as
we go.

For lunch we’ll try to plan ahead and reserve space at a neighboring
restaurant with vegetarian options (please let me know privately if you
have other constraints.)  Konrad, as I think you know the area better
than me, I’d be happy to discuss this off-list.  :-)

See you there!

Ludo’.


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Re: How do I cope with Geiser in Emacs

[Luther Thompson]

On Sun, 02 Dec 2018 23:43:23 +0300
Alex Kost  wrote:

> Luther Thompson (2018-12-01 19:34 -0500) wrote:
> > When I'm editing a Scheme file (not Guix-related) in Emacs and
> > company-mode activates, I get this error message: 'Company: backend
> > company-capf error "No Geiser REPL for this buffer (try M-x
> > run-geiser)" with args (prefix)'. If I appease the error by running
> > M-x run-geiser, I get completion lists that don't make much sense.
> > They fail to include names that are already in the file, and they
> > do include what appear to be many obscure library functions.
> 
> Since this error comes from Geiser (from 'geiser-repl--connection'
> function), I would ask at .
> Alternatively, you may send a message at 

Telling me that function name was actually a really helpful clue for
further investigation. I found out that I can fix the problem by
putting `(setq-default geiser-mode-auto-p nil)` in my .emacs file.
Thanks for the help!

Luther