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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> With this system definition I cannot log into GNOME:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
> (use-service-modules desktop xorg)
> (use-package-modules certs gnome)
>
> (operating-system
>   (host-name "antelope")
>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>   (locale "en_US.utf8")
>   (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us" "altgr-intl"))
>   (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>                 (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)
>                 (target "/boot/efi")
>                 (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
>   (file-systems (cons (file-system
>                          (device (file-system-label "my-root"))
>                          (mount-point "/")
>                          (type "ext4"))
>                       %base-file-systems))
>   (users (cons (user-account
>                 (name "bob")
>                 (comment "Alice's brother")
>                 (group "users")
>                 (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
>                                         "audio" "video")))
>                %base-user-accounts))
>   (packages (append (list nss-certs gvfs)
>                     %base-packages))
>   (services (append (list (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
>                           (set-xorg-configuration
>                            (xorg-configuration
>                             (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
>                           (service (service-type
>                                     (name 'break-gnome)
>                                     (extensions
>                                      (list (service-extension
>                                             activation-service-type
>                                             (lambda _
>                                               #~(mkdir-p "/home/bob/.loca=
l/share/gnome-shell")))))
>                                     (default-value #t))))
>                     %desktop-services))
>   (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I used =E2=80=9C./pre-inst-env guix system vm broken-gnome-vm.scm=E2=80=9D =
on the
staging branch.  The resulting script needs to be run with =E2=80=9C-m 1024=
=E2=80=9D (or
higher) or else GNOME won=E2=80=99t work.

--
Ricardo