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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index da05a200a1..841bc2a34f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Services * VPN Services:: VPN daemons. * Network File System:: NFS related services. * Continuous Integration:: The Cuirass service. -* Power management Services:: The TLP tool. +* Power Management Services:: Extending battery life. * Audio Services:: The MPD. * Virtualization Services:: Virtualization services. * Version Control Services:: Providing remote access to Git repositories. @@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ later, including 2.2.x; (@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}); @item -@c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made. -@uref{https://notabug.org/civodul/guile-sqlite3, Guile-SQLite3}; +@uref{https://notabug.org/civodul/guile-sqlite3, Guile-SQLite3}, version 0.1.0 +or later; @item @c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made. @uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ Port number of SSH server on the machine. @item @code{private-key} (default: @file{~root/.ssh/id_rsa}) The SSH private key file to use when connecting to the machine, in -OpenSSH format. +OpenSSH format. This key must not be protected with a passphrase. Note that the default value is the private key @emph{of the root account}. Make sure it exists if you use the default. @@ -8641,21 +8641,21 @@ create a file system on the relevant partition(s)@footnote{Currently GuixSD only supports ext4 and btrfs file systems. In particular, code that reads file system UUIDs and labels only works for these file system types.}. For the ESP, if you have one and assuming it is -@file{/dev/sda2}, run: +@file{/dev/sda1}, run: @example -mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda2 +mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1 @end example Preferably, assign file systems a label so that you can easily and reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File Systems}). This is typically done using the @code{-L} option of @command{mkfs.ext4} and related commands. So, assuming the target root -partition lives at @file{/dev/sda1}, a file system with the label +partition lives at @file{/dev/sda2}, a file system with the label @code{my-root} can be created with: @example -mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/sda1 +mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/sda2 @end example @cindex encrypted disk @@ -8663,12 +8663,12 @@ If you are instead planning to encrypt the root partition, you can use the Cryptsetup/LUKS utilities to do that (see @inlinefmtifelse{html, @uref{https://linux.die.net/man/8/cryptsetup, @code{man cryptsetup}}, @code{man cryptsetup}} for more information.) Assuming you want to -store the root partition on @file{/dev/sda1}, the command sequence would +store the root partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, the command sequence would be along these lines: @example -cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda1 -cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda1 my-partition +cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda2 +cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda2 my-partition mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/mapper/my-partition @end example @@ -8688,11 +8688,11 @@ by @code{guix system init} afterwards. Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make sure to initialize them with @command{mkswap}. Assuming you have one -swap partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, you would run: +swap partition on @file{/dev/sda3}, you would run: @example -mkswap /dev/sda2 -swapon /dev/sda2 +mkswap /dev/sda3 +swapon /dev/sda3 @end example Alternatively, you may use a swap file. For example, assuming that in @@ -9938,7 +9938,7 @@ declaration. * VPN Services:: VPN daemons. * Network File System:: NFS related services. * Continuous Integration:: The Cuirass service. -* Power management Services:: The TLP tool. +* Power Management Services:: Extending battery life. * Audio Services:: The MPD. * Virtualization Services:: Virtualization services. * Version Control Services:: Providing remote access to Git repositories. @@ -17583,10 +17583,13 @@ The Cuirass package to use. @end table @end deftp -@node Power management Services -@subsubsection Power management Services +@node Power Management Services +@subsubsection Power Management Services +@cindex tlp @cindex power management with TLP +@subsubheading TLP daemon + The @code{(gnu services pm)} module provides a Guix service definition for the Linux power management tool TLP. @@ -18087,6 +18090,9 @@ Defaults to @samp{#f}. @end deftypevr +@cindex thermald +@cindex CPU frequency scaling with thermald +@subsubheading Thermald daemon The @code{(gnu services pm)} module provides an interface to thermald, a CPU frequency scaling service which helps prevent overheating. |