From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jack Hill Subject: bug#39281: gdm doesn't start Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:08:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <93d47bbc972a326dd8479b7ecee7ec83@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iw9kt-0008JX-Qg for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:09:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iw9ks-0007zN-Q5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:09:03 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iw9ks-0007zF-Mp for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:09:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iw9ks-0002iM-H2 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:09:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: 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: Raghav Gururajan Cc: Leo Prikler , 39281@debbugs.gnu.org, sirgazil@zoho.com On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, Raghav Gururajan wrote: >> so I removed gnome-initial-setup from the propagated-inputs with the following patch, and, indeed, >> that resolved the problem with gdm on my system. > > That's strange. Both our system share similar configuration. But for me > gdm works fine with gnome-initial-setup being present. This is > confusing. Indeed, my system does have a really slow disk, so it would not surprise me if that contributed to it. Of course that shouldn't matter, but that's the only thing I can think it. It would be nice to hear if sirgazil can reproduce the fix since I think they were having the same problem on their computer. >> While I'm still not exactly sure why this was causing gdm problems, and why `herd restart >> xorg-server` caused gdm to start working correctly, I think that removing gnome-initial-setup from >> the gnome meta-package is the right thing to do. Instead, perhaps it could be provided via its own >> service, auto-selected by the installer. If I recall correctly from other distros (e.g. Fedora), >> the gnome-initial-setup wizard is run from its own user on first boot, and after it finishes, the >> user is logged in as themselves. That said, gnome-initial-setup did seem to run fine for me the >> first time I logged into gnome after it was installed, and hasn't stared again. >> >> Thoughts? > > I would say debugging and fixing would be better than removing. Let me see what I can do. I agree that fixing is better than removing. Good luck debugging. I'm happy to test, but am currently out of ideas. >> P.S. Thanks Raghav for your work on making gnome in guix a better experience! > > 10-4 on the sarcasm. ;-) I'm glad that you took this well :). However, while I'm often sarcastic, I wasn't trying to be here. What I was trying to express was that while I'm currently running my system with gnome-initial-setup removed doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the change to make it present by default. Fortunately for me, Guix makes this easy compared to other systems! Best, Jack