From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: bug#39671: Something appears to disable linux kernel modules from loading. Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:31:32 +0100 Message-ID: <87zhdel0wb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86a75fqyn5.fsf@dismail.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j4Wwt-000892-Ui for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:32:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j4Wwr-0005xr-Sp for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:32:03 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37495) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j4Wwr-0005xl-Pn for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:32:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j4Wwr-0004gp-Mh for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:32:01 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <86a75fqyn5.fsf@dismail.de> (Joshua Branson's message of "Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:11:26 -0500") 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-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Joshua Branson Cc: 39671@debbugs.gnu.org Hi! Joshua Branson skribis: > After I rebooted sway refused to start. The sway error message said > > #+BEGIN_SRC sh > $ sway > > [backend/backend.c:339] Failed to open any DRM device. > [sway/server.c] Unable to create backend. > #+END_SRC > > > So sway is not starting. I believe this is because my i915 intel > driver is not loaded. I know this is the case, because the text on my > virtual console is LARGE. $ sudo modprobe i915 loads the required > driver. And I can now log into sway. > > However, my ethernet driver is not loaded. On IRC, tsmish posted this bisect log: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 1 git bisect start=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 2 # bad: [bfb6c393b91dc4a236678a0682348d5b7bd77193] gnu: gwl: Build with G= uile 3.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 3 git bisect bad bfb6c393b91dc4a236678a0682348d5b7bd77193=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 4 # good: [d98f7fdabe27f3441f317af3e7f5a979edf5d741] remove sane-backends = from wine inputs for now=20 5 git bisect good d98f7fdabe27f3441f317af3e7f5a979edf5d741=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 6 # good: [505b2631a9c35bbaa5ba6771ad4f646086f23cad] gnu: le-certs: Update= input hashes.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 7 git bisect good 505b2631a9c35bbaa5ba6771ad4f646086f23cad=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 8 # bad: [b4e0166e2d7d9d4b57e1caeb026936f957858ec9] gnu: Add rust-quasi-0.= 32.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 9 git bisect bad b4e0166e2d7d9d4b57e1caeb026936f957858ec9=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 10 # bad: [d46646d9c772fb699ca24a56f815695eecdcb513] gnu: python-blinker: U= se HTTPS home page.=20=20=20=20=20=20 11 git bisect bad d46646d9c772fb699ca24a56f815695eecdcb513=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 12 # good: [9469ab532fe561b8bb679ba8bf08f1c1f5f9374a] gnu: ddclient: Update= home page.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 13 git bisect good 9469ab532fe561b8bb679ba8bf08f1c1f5f9374a=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 14 # good: [3603f5536ee0223f2e15ca6c518ab922030646dd] gnu: wabt: Use Texinf= o mark-up.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 15 git bisect good 3603f5536ee0223f2e15ca6c518ab922030646dd=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 16 # bad: [205c1e04e04b9a9338c7219ff82bd13f000fb8c8] gnu: shepherd: Update = to 0.7.0.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 17 git bisect bad 205c1e04e04b9a9338c7219ff82bd13f000fb8c8=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- What does =E2=80=9Ccat /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe=E2=80=9D return on the bro= ken system? I would expect 8b9cad01e9619f53dc5a65892ca6a09ca5de3447 to be suspect #1 because it potentially leads to =E2=80=98LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY=E2=80=99 be= ing unset in places where it used to be set before. > Man I love guix system. It really does work smoothly, even when you > have problems. So thanks for making a great GNU/Linux distro! Heh. :-) Ludo=E2=80=99.