Re: "cannot kill process with uid ..."

[david larsson]

On 2021-01-14 20:30, Ed Falis wrote:
> Newb, obviously.
>
> Installed on foreign system (Pengwin on WSL-2).
>
> Tried the installation of "hello" as a sanity check. It fails with:
>
> guix install: error: cannot kill processes for uid `999' : failed with
> exit code 1
>
> --
>
> I've been stuck here about a week. The usual diagnosis seems to be that
> guix-daemon isn't running, but it is:
>
> ╭─falis@garuda-windows /home/falis  ‹system›
> ╰─$ ps -ef|grep guix
> root      7013     1  0 13:31 ?        00:00:00
> /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix-daemon
> --build-users-group=guixbuild
> falis     8966  8898  0 14:27 tty3     00:00:00 grep --color=auto guix
> ╭─falis@garuda-windows /home/falis  ‹system›
> ╰─$
>
> ---
>
> All of the usual package commands appear to fail the same way, and have
> no observable effect otherwise.
>
> Any recommended lines of inquiry?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ed

Hi,
I have the same issue on wsl-1. You could perhaps try using docker 
instead. Personally I was using guix pack -RR manifest.scm or only 1 R 
don't remember and unpacked that on WSL1 which was bothersome but might 
be another solution for you as well.

If you find a good solution for any of the WSL versions please let me 
know!

Best regards,
David