In GuixSD: guix package -i xterm strace strace xterm xterm starts as it should, however observe many failed calls similar to: open("/gnu/store/b484nvn9nnr3ddclpz2fma9yxmimg2jj-fontconfig-2.11.94/lib/libXdmcp.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) Now in the xterm, hold down Ctrl and press any mouse button. The xterm aborts with the following messages: Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font found -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encryted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.