Re: LuaTeX/luaotfload doesn't find any fonts (using fontspec) on Guix?

Many thanks, Nicolas. I'll try that out! On Tue, 14 May 2024 19:35:58 +0200 (4 hours, 36 minutes, 43 seconds ago), Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > I forgot to send a carbon copy to help-guix ML in my last answer, so > I include it here. > Nicolas Goaziou via writes: > &

Re: LuaTeX/luaotfload doesn't find any fonts (using fontspec) on Guix?

tional fonts, and currently this means I cannot do this work on any of my Guix machines, it seems. best,  —Benjamin --  '(Dr Benjamin Slade (he/him)  (website . <https://lambda-y.net>)  `(pgp_fp: ,(B20E 444C FA80 B5F8 15FA 4AD8 6FBF CD68 3B05 2B84))    "sent by [mu4e] 1.1

LuaTeX/luaotfload doesn't find any fonts (using fontspec) on Guix?

I'm having trouble using LuaTeX on Guix. luaotfload doesn't seem to be able to find any fonts, whether system-wide or local (when used with fontspec). I get messages like: luaotfload | db : Reload initiated (formats: otf,ttf,ttc); reason: Font "Cardo" not found. luaotfload |

Re: system hangs at boot - LUKS /home/ problem(?)

I can't roll back to the earlier commit mentioned by Remco because other things/channels depend on me being roughly up-to-date on the main guix channel. However, I can confirm the issue, as changing my configuration *not* to mount an encrypted /home resolves the boot issue. I note two things:

Re: Stuck at boot on fresh install

reinstalled with xfs instead. And the initial stock install went fine and booted, but as soon as I had installed my actual old configuration, the same issue recurred. I have to do some additional diagnosis yet. best,  —Benjamin -- '(Dr Benjamin Slade (he/him)  (website . <https://lam

Re: What are you doing for a screen locker?

I've been using slock, which seems to work with AwesomeWM and StumpWM. I'm not sure how I feel running suckless things though. The setup Leah mentioned on the Fedi [ ] sounds interesting, if

Re: VPN

On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 22:07:02 -0700 (19 hours, 51 minutes, 38 seconds ago), Raghav Gururajan wrote: > Hello Guix, > With either OpenVPN or Wireguard system services, is it possible to route DNS > requests and also opt to block connections without VPN? I'm also curious about this. I've found

Re: substitute for Skype

Depending on the exact use case, there are some other possibilities that don't run "natively" on Guix, but are still free software and could be installed from Flatpak or Nix. E.g. the Signal client for desktop and Matrix Element. Though, actually, I think the Nheko client for Matrix (available

Re: Enterprise Guix Hosting?

Not something I've tried personally, but maybe PantherX (Guix-based) could be relevant here? https://www.pantherx.org/ 30 Jul 2022 17:18:13 Yasuaki Kudo : > Oh wow!! Thank you everyone!!!    I will definitely show our conversation > thread to my partners - in fact, right now!!!   Let's make it

Re: stumpwm on guix - "sb-cltl2" issues

I think I finally figured out how to get (my) StumpWM configuration to work on Guix: - add (maybe only need one:) - to `.bashrc': , | export SBCL_HOME="$HOME/.guix-home/profile/lib/sbcl" ` - to Guix Home configuration, a home-environment variable `("SBCL_HOME" .

Re: Why Emacs is echoing message for each installed Emacs package while startup

On Sat, 21 May 2022 20:47:17 -0600 (7 minutes, 44 seconds ago), Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi, > [...] > >> > But, why is the message is shown? Can someone remove it? It would > >> > probably be better that I myself clone the repo, fix it and send the > >> > patch, but my hard disk space

Re: Why Emacs is echoing message for each installed Emacs package while startup

On Sat, 21 May 2022 15:09:50 -0600 (50 minutes, 46 seconds ago), Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi, > Akib Azmain Turja writes: > > zimoun writes: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 22:29, Akib Azmain Turja wrote: > >> > >>> The timing maybe wrong, because it is more a year old (and I

Re: stumpwm on guix - "sb-cltl2" issues

On Fri, 06 May 2022 08:44:46 -0600 (1 week, 4 hours, 25 minutes ago), Katherine Cox-Buday wrote: > Wil deBeest writes: > >  > > Wil deBeest writes: > > > >>  > >> Benjamin Slade writes: > >> > >>> I'm trying to run my long-stan

Re: using dpkg-deb in a Guix package definition

On Fri, 06 May 2022 08:39:48 -0600 (1 week, 4 hours, 10 minutes ago), Katherine Cox-Buday wrote: > Benjamin Slade writes: > > Are there any good examples of writing a Guix package definition using dpkg? > I'm not sure if this helps, but I had to consume a deb and wro

some Nix packages on Guix System fail with error referencing GLIBC_PRIVATE

/gnu/store/5h2w4qi9hk1qzzgi1w83220ydslinr4s-glibc-2.33/lib/librt.so.1)' I filed a bug at Nix ( <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/171050> ), but am not sure if the issue on the Nix side or the Guix side. best,  —Ben -- '(Dr Benjamin Slade (he/him)  ((Linguistics . University of Utah) . <https:/

using dpkg-deb in a Guix package definition

riting a Guix package definition using dpkg? best,  —Ben -- '(Dr Benjamin Slade (he/him)  ((Linguistics . University of Utah) . <https://linguistics.utah.edu> )  `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19))    ((:official-mail . ) (:secure-mail . ))   

Re: Nix on Guix? (and setting Guix $PATH)

Reinstalling Nix seemed to work for whatever reason and I don't seem to have the permissions errors this time trying to install or run Nix packages. But I have to run `source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh' from a terminal every time to get Nix packages in my PATH. Is there a

Re: Nix on Guix?

Thanks, Petr. I did add and update channels. I wonder if it's something simple, like needing to restart the system after installing Nix? I'll try again.

stumpwm on guix - "sb-cltl2" issues

I'm trying to run my long-standing stumpwm init.lisp on a recent Guix install, using the packaged stumpwm, however when it launches, it fails to process the init.lisp and gives me an "Don't know how to REQUIRE sb-cltl2." error. I've set the SBCL_HOME variable both in .xprofile and in the

Nix on Guix?

Hello Guix, I'm trying to get the Nix package manager running on Guix. I followed the instructions at: and successfully installed it, but trying to install and/or run any Nix applications gives me permission errors. I

Re: ebook reader recommendations?

hard to > find on the market: > https://github.com/bq/cervantes > Any recommendations, anyone? > Cheers! > -- > Pierre Neidhardt > https://ambrevar.xyz/ -- '(Benjamin Slade ("he/him") ( https://lambda-y.net ) (:blog https://babbagefiles.xyz ) `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA

Re: Way to synchronize files like Dropbox

I would also recommend syncthing. I use it to synchronize files between several computers (including a GuixSD one) as well as mobile. -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU

Re: pdf editor for placing stress

is pretty good for this sort of thing: https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools as an alternative (or complementary) approach, you could use: interleave: https://github.com/rudolfochrist/interleave or org-noter: https://github.com/weirdNox/org-noter to have synchronised text notes for pdfs. --

Re: Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi

ood solution. Great! (As far as I can tell those are the best wifi cards that don't need blobs. I don't think there are any ac-capable wifi cards that don't require blobs, unfortunately.) -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)

Re: Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi

know about your particularly model. (And I don't think Coreboot is an option for that model either.) -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose

Re: Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi

USB? > -- > Pierre Neidhardt > https://ambrevar.xyz/ -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Re: Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi

- Atheros AR5B22 a/b/g/n dual-band 450mbps 2.4/5 Ghz On 2019-01-17T13:28:16-0700, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > But it.s 2.4GHz only. I need 5GHz. > Has anyone heard of a 5GHz wifi chipset compatible with Linux-libre? > -- > Pierre Neidhardt > https://ambrevar.xyz/ -- Benjami

Re: [ANN] Emacs-Guix 0.5.1

for me. > Hope that help. > All the best, > simon -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Re: [ANN] Emacs-Guix 0.5.1

command only shows me around 900(!) packages. But on the same machine, the expected full range of Guix packages are available in the terminal via =guix package=. What could cause Emacs-Guix to only show a subset of packages in this one case? -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp

Re: Next browser finally on master!

Pierre, This is great news! Just installed it via Guix and played with it for a minute or two and am looking forward to more extensive use. cheers, -Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs

Re: using Shepherd outside of GuixSD ?

ks, Ludo'. So the 'guix system' tools are only available on GuixSD proper, and not via the guix standalone? I'll certain report back with when/if I manage to try it about successes/failures. —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE

using Shepherd outside of GuixSD ?

of trying to use Shepherd on a Void Linux install in place of the default runit init. Thoughts? Suggestions? —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org

Re: openvpn with networkmanager

to use this in practice. Does anyone have a working config they could share? —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(

Re: GTK icons missing with EXWM

nome-icon-theme and I believe it fixes a few icons, but > lots are still missing. > Should I install a specific package? > -- > Pierre Neidhardt > https://ambrevar.xyz/ -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19

Re: sbcl/glibc troubles

t being able to find GLIBC_2.28. I notice it also says: (CFFI::FL-ERROR "Unable to load foreign library (~A).~% ~A" :LIBOSICAT #<(SIMPLE-BASE-STRING 422) Error opening shared object "/home/slade/.cache/common-lisp/sbcl-1.4.4-linux-x64/home/slade/quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/s

sbcl/glibc troubles

klisp/dists/quicklisp/software/osicat-20180228-git/posix/libosicat.so). <--> I have glibc-2.28 installed however. Is there a way to get it to associate with this instead of (for whatever reason) with glibc-2.27? —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https:

racket

position: 1st ; [,bt for context] ; ptr-ref: contract violation ; expected: (and/c cpointer? (not/c (lambda (p) (pointer-equal? p #f ; given: #f ; argument position: 1st ; [,bt for context] And it doesn't accept any more input after that point (including ",bt"). -- Benjamin Sla

Re: openvpn with networkmanager

d or otherwise)? thanks, —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Re: openvpn with networkmanager

-a-bunch-of-different-distros machine, OpenVPN 'just works' directly in NetworkManager). —Ben On 2018-09-10T10:05:56-0600, Adam Massmann wrote: > Hi Ben, > Benjamin Slade writes: > > > > What is a recommended/working way of using OpenVPN on GuixSD? > I do not know

Re: How do I see Japanese characters in Icecat?

> font packages work. > Luther -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

openvpn with networkmanager

ted), but moreover as an ordinary user I'm not allowed to create them. Is the best thing to login as root and add these to NetworkManager? -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Li

Re: confusion/mdl

flags. Look > around "-fpermissive" in the gcc manual. > (Sorry if this help is a little scarce, I'm very busy these days... :p) > -- > Pierre Neidhardt > https://ambrevar.xyz/ -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110

confusion/mdl

seem to build properly. -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Re: Guix on aarch64

I think it should be authorised by default) and hydra.gnu.org.pub are authorised, and it's still building everything from source as far as I can tell when I try to do `guix pull`. —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE1

Re: backup questions

l suggests it may not be working, though I'll have to try more extensively). —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose

Re: Guix on aarch64

il with an "out of memory error" with the a second 8Gb swapfile on top of my original 3Gb swapfile. (Unfortunately, even after I fixed that, it chugged away for over 24hours, when I just wanted to install `emacs` and `certbot`. In the end I just ended up using Nix to install these. :( ) -- Benjamin Sl

getting applications from Nix to have access to fonts

even doing this, I end up with exactly the same issues. (And I've tried calling the script directly, e.g. with `~/.local/bin/gargoyle`, just in case the PATH from .profile wasn't working correctly.) Does anyone have any insight or suggestions on how to resolve this? -- Benjamin Slade - https://bab

Re: Guix on aarch64

pendencies couldn't be built guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/sghh265k30fn0cj24rxc9p6xvn6yv3qs-perl-5.26.1.drv' failed —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs run

Re: Guix on aarch64

> goes in the background. > Clément thanks again, —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Guix on aarch64

-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild` It just seems to hang. When I look at the process, it doesn't seem to be using cpu resources anything. I tried leaving it for a couple of hours, but it never seems to do anything. Any suggestions? thanks, —Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https

Re: How should I install non-guix software?

Thanks, all, for the extended information. > I would run it with strace, as in `strace -f ./kitty`. That will help > you find exactly which files are missing. It may be easier to just > build the program with Guix. It might be, once I grok Guix better. -- Benjamin Slad

Re: How should I install non-guix software?

: "./kitty: No such file or directory" I tried symlinking /bin/bash and /usr/bin/env, but this didn't help. I'm sure something in the manual or this thread probably answers this, but I often find I can generalise from concrete examples better than vice-versa. -- Benjamin Sla

Re: mcron

is works (at least I hope so): --8<---cut here---start->8--- (job '(next-minute (range 0 60 5)) "dosomethingevery5minutes") (job '(next-minute (range 0 60 10)) "dosomethingevery10minutes") --8<---cut here-------s

Re: mcron

es it work for the same for the user session cron in `~/.config/cron/job.guile` ? thanks, ---Ben -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

on (perhaps more efficiently). So while I'd prefer to have the whole thing encrypted, realistically I'm mainly protecting my personal data if it's stolen/taken from me (as long it's off, that is). -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 E

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

Each > configuration could have a different kernel and kernels take space, > so it wouldn't scale well. Plus, I think some other stuff is needed > as well, like the initrd, which is large too, etc. I mused briefly about mirroring of the relevant things (kernels, initrd) from /gnu/s

mcron

mcron ; guile-based cron %base-packages)) ;; Use the "desktop" services, which include the X11 ;; log-in service, networking with NetworkManager, and more. (services (cons* (mcron-service (list garbage-collector-job updatedb-job

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

mpromise that boots faster (and only requests the password once). -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(sent by mu4e on Emacs running under GNU/Linux . https://gnu.org ) `(Choose Linux ,(Choose Freedom) . https://linux.com )

Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?

ore). Ah, I see. Is this an immutable design decision? It would seem good to be able to keep the kernel in a separate space in order to avoid the issue of extremely long unlocking times when booting. -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BB

Re: difficulty getting networking working on new install

s is worth throwing into the manual somewhere [unless it's there already and I missed it], since these seem to be the default networking tools included in the 'desktop package'.) -- Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz `(pgp_fp: ,(21BA 2AE1 28F6 DF36 110A 0E9C A320 BBE8 2B52 EE19)) '(

difficulty getting networking working on new install

I'm having some trouble getting networking up on my new GuixSD install. Using the livecd (which I installed with), I used wpa_supplicant+dhclient (as per https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Preparing-for-Installation.html) and that worked without issue, but the same method didn't