GNU bug report logs - #57068
Resizing mcron job in vm-image.tmpl interferes with settings

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 09:31:01 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Resizing mcron job in vm-image.tmpl interferes with settings
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:30:33 +0200

Hello!

Commit 945ad48cd8029fa77a643e00c7fd350e98cacca0 added an mcron job to
‘vm-image.tmpl’ that resets screen size every second.  I’m don’t fully
understand the problem this was addressing, but it has two drawbacks:

  1. Kicking in every second is inefficient.

  2. Resetting the screen size prevents users from changing it.  For
     example, if I run:

       $(guix system vm gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl) -m 1024

    then go to the Xfce menu, Settings -> Display, and change the screen
    size, I have it immediately reset back to the default value.

Should we remove this workaround, possibly finding another one?

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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