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Subject: Re: X server crashes during 'guix system reconfigure' on mips64el
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:44:18 -0400
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To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 01:28:39AM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Hi Ludovic,
> 
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> 
> > civodul pushed a commit to branch master
> > in repository guix.
> >
> > commit 3cf319a3f8e23831960a0f1320122cc514188a37
> > Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> > Date:   Sun Aug 21 19:03:29 2016 +0200
> >
> >     services: elogind: Provide '%elogind-file-systems' by extension.
> >     
> >     * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%base-file-systems): Remove
> >     %ELOGIND-FILE-SYSTEMS.
> >     * gnu/services/desktop.scm (elogind-service-type): Extend
> >     FILE-SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE to provide %ELOGIND-FILE-SYSTEMS.
> 
> This commit causes a major problem on my Lemote YeeLoong (mips64el)
> machine running GuixSD.  I don't know whether it might affect others.
> 
> When I run 'guix system reconfigure' to update to a system with this
> commit, it unloads the older %elogind-file-system services, which causes
> my X server to crash and leave me in text mode with my keyboard in the
> wrong mode, so I have to hard reset the machine.
> 
> In addition, the 'guix system reconfigure' gets stuck.  (I can see this
> because I always run it in a text terminal; I do all my 'root' work
> there.)

I have the same experience on x86_64.