From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: brettg@posteo.net Subject: bug#35484: GDM failing to start stumpwm after merge Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:20:53 +0200 Message-ID: <31a3e9cda50ae26c7771c104fdbf97bb@posteo.net> References: <87zho9cu2a.fsf@posteo.net> <87pnp5q7d2.fsf@ngyro.com> <87d0l4re46.fsf@ngyro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL9ye-0005au-Aw for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:22:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL9yd-0001uI-00 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:22:04 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54321) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL9yc-0001u5-H9 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:22:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hL9yc-0002bo-7p for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:22:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87d0l4re46.fsf@ngyro.com> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Timothy Sample Cc: 35484@debbugs.gnu.org On 29.04.2019 18:05, Timothy Sample wrote: > Hi again, >=20 > Timothy Sample writes: >=20 >> Hi Brett, >>=20 >> Brett Gilio writes: >>=20 >>> Hey all >>>=20 >>> I just reconfigured my system configuration after the big staging=20 >>> merge >>> to master. I use StumpWM. >>>=20 >>> GDM seems to be starting just fine, but after this reconfiguration >>> stumpwm or X or something is crashing for me and looping me back to=20 >>> GDM. >>>=20 >>> Where are the logs I can view for this? I see some message appear but >>> quickly disappear before looping back into GDM. >>=20 >> GDM logs things to =E2=80=9C/var/log/messages=E2=80=9D. However, it may= not be useful >> in this case (do take a look, though). >>=20 >>> If I can get the logs I can share them or try and figure it out=20 >>> myself. >>=20 >> You could also share some other details about your config. For >> instance, how is StumpWM started? Do you have a =E2=80=9C~/.xsession=E2= =80=9D script=20 >> or >> does StumpWM provide a =E2=80=9C.desktop=E2=80=9D file that GDM needs to= find? >=20 > After doing some testing in a VM, it looks like this is an issue with=20 > my > recent commit: 8caa458953eeac783c73a0e5aaa72842fe3914c9. >=20 > I added a placeholder desktop entry file, and even though I did my best > to make it invisible, GDM is still selecting it. (I tested GNOME and > XFCE, but I guess they were preferred by GDM over the placeholder, > whereas StumpWM is not. Maybe the has to do with how the names are > sorted.) I will try and fix this today, but in the mean time, you can > either: >=20 > =E2=80=A2 go back to using SLiM for now; > =E2=80=A2 launch StumpWM from =E2=80=9C~/.xsession=E2=80=9D; or > =E2=80=A2 install another WM, so that you can select StumpWM explicit= ly=20 > when > logging in (using the little gear icon that shows up when you=20 > have > multiple sessions available). >=20 > Sorry! >=20 >=20 > -- Tim Thank you for looking into this Tim! I have gone back to SLiM for the=20 time being until it is fixed :). If anybody else is having this issue, going back to SLiM is really easy,=20 check out my commit for reference. https://github.com/brettgilio/guix-system/commit/64d389db13c2f78ee5c58af28c= 1639b098113c93