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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services/base.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 32 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 5ba2c6b86d..47c7d8bb27 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -685,17 +685,20 @@ to add @var{device} to the kernel's entropy pool. The service will fail if (shepherd-service-type 'virtual-terminal (lambda (utf8?) - (shepherd-service - (documentation "Set virtual terminals in UTF-8 module.") - (provision '(virtual-terminal)) - (requirement '(root-file-system)) - (start #~(lambda _ - (call-with-output-file - "/sys/module/vt/parameters/default_utf8" - (lambda (port) - (display 1 port))) - #t)) - (stop #~(const #f)))) + (let ((knob "/sys/module/vt/parameters/default_utf8")) + (shepherd-service + (documentation "Set virtual terminals in UTF-8 module.") + (provision '(virtual-terminal)) + (requirement '(root-file-system)) + (start #~(lambda _ + ;; In containers /sys is read-only so don't insist on + ;; writing to this file. + (unless (= 1 (call-with-input-file #$knob read)) + (call-with-output-file #$knob + (lambda (port) + (display 1 port)))) + #t)) + (stop #~(const #f))))) #t)) ;default to UTF-8 (define console-keymap-service-type @@ -1881,7 +1884,12 @@ item of @var{packages}." (string-append linux-module-directory "/" kernel-release)) (old-umask (umask #o022))) - (make-static-device-nodes directory) + ;; If we're in a container, DIRECTORY might not exist, + ;; for instance because the host runs a different + ;; kernel. In that case, skip it; we'll just miss a few + ;; nodes like /dev/fuse. + (when (file-exists? directory) + (make-static-device-nodes directory)) (umask old-umask)) (let ((pid (fork+exec-command (list udevd)))) |