From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: X server crashes during 'guix system reconfigure' on mips64el Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:19:18 -0400 Message-ID: <87lgzpq9mh.fsf@netris.org> References: <20160821223010.6271.25223@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20160821223011.7BBD9220179@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <87zio5qsmw.fsf_-_@netris.org> <20160822064418.GB13867@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bboCU-0002LQ-7n for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:19:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bboCQ-00009T-7L for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:19:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160822064418.GB13867@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:44:18 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Leo Famulari writes: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 01:28:39AM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> Hi Ludovic, >>=20 >> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: >>=20 >> > civodul pushed a commit to branch master >> > in repository guix. >> > >> > commit 3cf319a3f8e23831960a0f1320122cc514188a37 >> > Author: Ludovic Court=C3=A8s >> > Date: Sun Aug 21 19:03:29 2016 +0200 >> > >> > services: elogind: Provide '%elogind-file-systems' by extension. >> >=20=20=20=20=20 >> > * 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. >>=20 >> This commit causes a major problem on my Lemote YeeLoong (mips64el) >> machine running GuixSD. I don't know whether it might affect others. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. Okay, I reverted commit 3cf319a3f8, pending a solution to this issue. Thanks, Mark