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bug#26158: I can only start an X server in guix as root
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#26158: I can only start an X server in guix as root |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:29:54 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
(- help-guix.)
Joshua Branson <address@hidden> skribis:
> I've responded to this email on the guix-bugs emailing list located
> here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26158
>
> I did try a guix system vm /path/to/config-file.scm; and I could still
> not log into guixSD.
In the VM the password for users other that root is uninitialized. So
you must first log in as ‘root’, for instance on a tty, run “passwd
joshua”, and only after that will you be able to log in.
Could you check if that helps?
Thanks in advance!
Ludo’.