GNU bug report logs - #39460
Awesome desktop environment, a terminal does not open

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From: "Scott C. MacCallum" <smaccallum <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Awesome desktop environment, a terminal does not open
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:45:47 +0000

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In the Awesome desktop environment, a terminal does not open when 'open terminal' is chosen from the program menu.

Scott
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From: Coop <coop.coding <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#39460: Awesome desktop environment, a terminal does not open
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:11:44 +1100

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I am also encountering this. AwesomeWM is expecting xterm to be installed
but it is not installed. I think xterm needs to be added to the things the
guix installer installs when the user selects AwesomeWM.

As a temporary workaround, you can use Ctrl+Alt+F2 to open a tty to issue
cli commands after boot and to install xterm.

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