From e403096b4ab43d983fe31441ac85cd3b9097ffba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxim Cournoyer Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:13:29 -0500 Subject: gnu: gnome-boxes: Mention extra configuration requirements. * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-boxes) [description]: Mention about extending polkit and setuid services with spice-gtk. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer --- gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm index b44f47f861..620f5953d9 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm @@ -12545,7 +12545,7 @@ integrate seamlessly with the GNOME desktop.") libvirt libvirt-glib libxml2 - qemu-minimal ;for qemu-img + qemu-minimal ;for qemu-img sparql-query spice-gtk tracker @@ -12557,7 +12557,12 @@ integrate seamlessly with the GNOME desktop.") manage remote and virtual systems. Note that this application requires the @code{libvirt} and @code{virtlog} daemons to run. Use the command @command{info '(guix) Virtualization Services'} to learn how to configure -these services on the Guix System.") +these services on the Guix System. If you do not use the +@code{gnome-desktop-service-type}, you will also want to extend the +@code{polkit-service-type} with the @code{spice-gtk} package, as well as +configure the @file{libexec/spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper} executable of +@code{spice-gtk} as setuid, to make it possible to redirect USB devices as a +non-privileged user.") (license (list ;; For data/icons/empty-boxes.png. license:cc-by2.0 -- cgit v1.2.3