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5160c9d6-4d88-7271-5291-ee760d208781@telenet.be
Many of the graphical container examples don't work.
For example, take
guix shell --container --network --no-cwd ungoogled-chromium \
--preserve='^DISPLAY$' -- chromium
from (guix)Invoking guix shell. It fails with:
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
[1:1:0127/163058.718097:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(238)] Missing X
server or $DISPLAY
[1:1:0127/163058.718126:ERROR:env.cc(255)] The platform failed to
initialize. Exiting.
To make it work, "XAUTHORITY" needs to be preserved and exposed:
guix shell --container --network --no-cwd ungoogled-chromium
--preserve='^DISPLAY$' --preserve='^XAUTHORITY$' --expose=/tmp/.X11-unix
--expose="$XAUTHORITY" -- chromium
For another example, take "eolie" from "(guix)Invoking guix environment":
guix environment --preserve='^DISPLAY$' --container --network \
--expose=/etc/machine-id \
--expose=/etc/ssl/certs/ \
--share=$HOME/.local/share/eolie/=$HOME/.local/share/eolie/ \
--ad-hoc eolie nss-certs dbus -- eolie
it fails with
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Preserving XAUTHORITY and exposing $XAUTHORITY makes it actually start,
though the created window is invisible. Exposing /sys makes the window
actually visible, albeit with
(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:40:32.008: cannot open display: :1
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
warnings.
An additional issue, is that the examples -- even after adjustment --
stop working with network-less containers, e.g.
guix environment --preserve='^DISPLAY|XAUTHORITY$' --container
--expose=/etc/machine-id --expose=/etc/ssl/certs/
--expose="$XAUTHORITY"
--share=$HOME/.local/share/eolie/=$HOME/.local/share/eolie/
--expose=/sys --expose=/sys/bus --ad-hoc eolie nss-certs dbus -- eolie
fails with
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(org.gnome.Eolie:1): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:41:53.524: cannot open display: :1.
(I discovered this with the FHS container example in
-- it was a no-network application I tried out, so I left out the
--network.)
To fix this, I had to add --expose=/tmp/.X11-unix. It should be
documented how to make network-less containers for graphical
applications -- nowhere in the manual or FHS blog post is /tmp/.X11-unix
mentioned.
Greetings,
Maxime.