| 10 Mar 2026 |
 Norinco | Got it, thanks for the reply. I looked through the ryan4yin/nix-darwin-kickstarter issues (https://github.com/ryan4yin/nix-darwin-kickstarter/issues/5) and it looks like this compatibility problem has already been fixed. | 03:04:35 |
| Norinco | 
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| Norinco | Is there a way to rebuild without using sudo directly? I don't want the generated lock file to be owned by root. | 06:37:26 |
 samasaur | darwin-rebuild build && sudo darwin-rebuild switch i suppose? | 06:38:17 |
 K900 | You can just run nix flake update first to generate the lockfile | 06:38:26 |
| samasaur | what generated lock file are you atalkinga bout | 06:38:31 |
| samasaur | because yeah flake.lock is usually written by other tooling | 06:38:50 |
| samasaur | * because yeah flake.lock is usually written by other commands | 06:39:16 |
| samasaur | * what generated lock file are you talking about | 06:39:25 |
| Norinco | solved the problem by running darwin-rebuild build && sudo darwin-rebuild switch | 06:43:54 |
| Norinco | 
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| samasaur | that does work though i would follow k900's suggestion and use nix flake update (if updating) or nix flake lock (if adding a new flake input) instead | 06:46:55 |
| samasaur | though on the other hand i'm the kind of insane who has set up my configuration to throw an eval error if i'm not on a clean git commit, so darwin-rebuild build && sudo darwin-rebuild switch woudn't work for me anyway | 06:48:22 |
| samasaur | * though on the other hand i'm the kind of insane who has set up my configuration to throw an eval error if i'm not on a clean git commit, so darwin-rebuild build && sudo darwin-rebuild switch wouldn't work for me anyway | 06:48:27 |
| Norinco | I used NixOS two years ago, and back then I used nh. I just checked and saw that nh supports aarch64-darwin, but there aren't any configuration options for it in the nix-darwin manual. I'm planning to look into whether using nh on nix-darwin is a good idea tomorrow. | 06:53:34 |
 bestlem | nh works on nix-darwin but note the command line is nh darwin ... rather than nh os .... And there are less options for darwin when you do more than switch anmd build.
I just use nh from the command-line with no configuration options so the same for Linux and macOS | 08:04:49 |
 debtquity | interesting ...
# sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/nix --show-trace
...
error: derivation '/nix/store/7ihkwpcdsk41sk0sk3fiy88xcpjm59yx-nodejs-slim-22.22.1.drv' specifies a sandbox profile, but this is only allowed when 'sandbox' is 'relaxed'
| 14:30:45 |
| debtquity | in the derivation, it shows ...
"__sandboxProfile": "(allow file-read*\n (literal \"/Library/Keychains/System.keychain\")\n (literal \"/private/var/db/mds/system/mdsDirectory.db\")\n (literal \"/private/var/db/mds/system/mdsObject.db\"))\n\n; Allow files written by Module Directory Services (MDS), which is used\n; by Security.framework: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/411476\n; These rules are based on the system sandbox profiles found in\n; /System/Library/Sandbox/Profiles.\n(allow file-write*\n (regex #\"^/private/var/folders/[^/]+/[^/]+/C/mds/mdsDirectory\\.db$\")\n (regex #\"^/private/var/folders/[^/]+/[^/]+/C/mds/mdsObject\\.db_?$\")\n (regex #\"^/private/var/folders/[^/]+/[^/]+/C/mds/mds\\.lock$\"))\n\n(allow mach-lookup\n (global-name \"com.apple.FSEvents\")\n (global-name \"com.apple.SecurityServer\")\n (global-name \"com.apple.system.opendirectoryd.membership\"))\n",
Is this what it's complaining about?
| 14:41:49 |
| Norinco | I have a question about macOS. I have a 2K external monitor and an HDMI 2.0 cable. The monitor supports 3840x2160 (the resolution used for 1080p HiDPI). In the macOS display settings, I can set the resolution to 3840x2160@60Hz. However, for the 1080p HiDPI scaled resolution, the highest refresh rate I can select is only 30Hz. Why is this happening? | 16:37:48 |
|  will joined the room. | 20:09:27 |
| will | is anyone here able to trigger hydra rebuilds? I haven't been able to apply my config for a couple of days because of nodejs-slim-22.22.1. looks like the builder just ran out of disk space
https://hydra.nixos.org/build/323732403#tabs-summary | 20:12:52 |
| 11 Mar 2026 |
 axw | When using Nix Darwin a symlinked "Home Manager Apps” folder appears in the ~/Applications directory, however after installing Graphical Apps using
home.packages = with pkgs; [
raycast
];
the Folder remains empty. What am I missing? | 11:48:45 |
| axw | installing system wide works, /Applications/Nix\ Apps is populated | 11:50:18 |
| axw | * When using Nix Darwin a symlinked "Home Manager Apps” folder appears in the ~/Applications directory, however after installing Graphical Apps using:
home.packages = with pkgs; [
raycast
];
the Folder remains empty. What am I missing? | 11:51:30 |
| axw | * When using Nix Darwin a symlinked Home Manager Apps folder appears in the ~/Applications directory, however after installing Graphical Apps using:
home.packages = with pkgs; [
raycast
];
the Folder remains empty. What am I missing? | 11:52:23 |
| axw | the Home Manager Apps just links to somewhere in the /nix/store | 11:53:37 |
| axw | * the Home Manager Apps just links to somewhere in the /nix/store | 11:54:02 |
| axw | * the Home Manager Apps folder just links to somewhere in the /nix/store | 11:54:25 |
|  Christian Theune changed their display name from Theuni to Christian Theune. | 14:12:20 |
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