bug#26158: I can only start an X server in guix as root

bug#26158: I can only start an X server in guix as root

[Joshua Branson]

Hello,

I've responded to this email on the guix-bugs emailing list located 
here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26158

I did try a guix system vm /path/to/config-file.scm;  and I could still 
not log into guixSD.

I think I might create another guix user.  If I can't login as joshua, 
perhaps I'll try logging in as "rupert" and see if that works (I'll do 
this via editing my config file and running guix system reconfigure).


Thanks,


Joshua


On 03/19/2017 05:04 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi!
>
> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:
>
>> So I’m not going to be of much help, but I want to rule out the obvious:
>> For me most of the time GNOME starts only on the second log-in attempt
>> on GuixSD. I assume you have tried logging in multiple times in a row?
> That is weird.  Does ~/.xsession-errors contain any hints after a failed
> attempt?
>
> Also, did you try to reproduce it in a VM as produced by ‘guix system
> vm’?  If it’s reproducible in a VM, we could start debugging in
> parallel.  :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>

bug#26158: I can only start an X server in guix as root

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

(- help-guix.)

Joshua Branson <bransoj@hotmail.com> skribis:

> I've responded to this email on the guix-bugs emailing list located 
> here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26158
>
> I did try a guix system vm /path/to/config-file.scm;  and I could still 
> not log into guixSD.

In the VM the password for users other that root is uninitialized.  So
you must first log in as ‘root’, for instance on a tty, run “passwd
joshua”, and only after that will you be able to log in.

Could you check if that helps?

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.

bug#26158: I can only start an X server in guix as root

[Leo Famulari]

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Hi,

Are you still being affected by this bug? I'm inclined to close it
because almost 2 years have passed and the software in question has
changed considerably in the interim.

Leo

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 01:01:54PM +0000, Joshua Branson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've responded to this email on the guix-bugs emailing list located 
> here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26158
> 
> I did try a guix system vm /path/to/config-file.scm;  and I could still 
> not log into guixSD.
> 
> I think I might create another guix user.  If I can't login as joshua, 
> perhaps I'll try logging in as "rupert" and see if that works (I'll do 
> this via editing my config file and running guix system reconfigure).
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Joshua
> 
> 
> On 03/19/2017 05:04 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:
> >
> >> So I’m not going to be of much help, but I want to rule out the obvious:
> >> For me most of the time GNOME starts only on the second log-in attempt
> >> on GuixSD. I assume you have tried logging in multiple times in a row?
> > That is weird.  Does ~/.xsession-errors contain any hints after a failed
> > attempt?
> >
> > Also, did you try to reproduce it in a VM as produced by ‘guix system
> > vm’?  If it’s reproducible in a VM, we could start debugging in
> > parallel.  :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ludo’.
> >
> 

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