Gluglug X200 hangs on boot after `# guix system reconfigure /etc/sysconfig.scm', right after starting dmd

["白い熊 @相撲道" <guix-devel_gnu.org@sumou.com>]

I've installed GuixSD on the Gluglug X200 without a problem, using instructions for the X60. [1]

Did `# guix pull' and reconfigured the system to enable the wicd service. [2]

However on the Gluglug X200 the system freezes upon reboot with a kernel panic if “(wicd-service)” is included in services in sysconfig.scm, same symptoms upon boot crash as another user has experienced with the X200. [3]

The current kernel is 3.18.9.

If sysconfig.scm contains: 

(use modules (gnu))
(use-service-modules xorg networking dbus avahi)
(use-package-modules avahi wicd)
...
(services (cons* (slim-service)
                 (dbus-service (list wicd))
                 (dhcp-client-service)
                 (avahi-service)
                 %base-services))

the system boots no problem after reconfigure. However wicd can't be started even with the dbus-enable hack [4], as the “wicd-service” is logically not present, and thus “sudo deco enable wicd” fails with “No service at all providing wicd.”

Now when just “(wicd-service)” is added to services, this being the only change compared with the above, the system will hang on boot.

There are no error messages on boot up to dmd start. Then it fails with:

setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'...
making '/gnu/store/h5s1apxpmg8cgdwj9x3yzyxj8f6zizzr-system' the current system...
[    2.915986] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
Service dmd has been started.
Assertion (null? (lookup-services (canonical-name new))) failed.
assertion-failed()
[    4.706625] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000100
[    4.706625]
[    4.708661] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: dmd Tainted: G         I    3.18.9-gnu #1
[    4.709216] Hardware name: LENOVO 7459ED2/7459ED2, BIOS CBET4000 4.0 12/31/2014
[    4.709216]  ffff88023310f100 ffff880234097e28 ffffffff8175e8cb 000000000000542a
[    4.709216]  ffffffff81a7aad0 ffff880234097ea8 ffffffff817599be ffff880234140000
[    4.709216]  ffffffff00000010 ffff880234097eb8 ffff880234097e58 ffffffff81c5ea80
[    4.709216] Call Trace:
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff8175e8cb>] dump_stack+0x46/0x58
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff817599be>] panic+0xc1/0x1f5
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff81074507>] do_exit+0xa67/0xa70
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff8109cee0>] ? wake_up_state+0x10/0x20
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff8107de52>] ? signal_wake_up_state+0x22/0x40
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff8107459f>] do_group_exit+0x3f/0xa0
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff81074614>] SyS_exit_group+0x14/0x20
[    4.709216]  [<ffffffff81766c6d>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[    4.709216] Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[    4.709216] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000100
[    4.709216]

I'll be much obliged for help in getting wicd working on the Gluglug X200. 

Best regards, 
--
白い熊 @相撲道

[1] http://glean.eu/guix-gluglug.html
[2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00250.html
[3] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00757.html
[4] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00338.html