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Live environment lock screen can't login as nixos (Virtualbox VM, KDE Plasma) (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Working in a Virtualbox VM using the standard KDE version of the .iso. I get locked out due to inactivity during a live environment session. Trying to enter the empty password doesn't help me. How do I deal with this graciously?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IIRC in the live environment, the password for the "nixos" user is also "nixos"

Also, the lockscreen should be disabled by default, it should not lock due to inactivity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IIRC in the live environment, the password for the "nixos" user is also "nixos"

That was the first thing I tried.

TTY1(?) and what I see elsewhere say that the password is empty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

IIRC, when I went into a TTY while on the lock screen, I was already working as the nixos user. Is that what you're asking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember NixOS having thing bug while running in VM, but that was almost half a year ago. Can you see if it's already present in the issues, and if not, create one? Others will appreciate this a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll try to find the time. However, I can't say I'm organised and willing enough to engage outside of socialist spaces to guarantee doing so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's also Guix, which is a GNU software. To my understanding, most of us are anarchists. However, do be warned - Guix is lacking, compared to NixOS. I left NixOS because of their sponsorship by Anduril.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

sponsorship by Anduril

Oof.