From: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:43:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blb5toir.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
I am trying to get the X server working on a computer that has Guix
installed.
I was having trouble starting an X server on a computer and asked for
help about it here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-03/msg00197.html
I decided to try to get an X server working on two other computers an
x86_64 and a i686. I was not able to get an X server working on either
of them. Below are the detail.
---
i686
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
When I boot the system I am able to unlock the encrypted root partition.
But then the system seems to go unresponsive before I am presented with
a graphical login or a virtual terminal login and I can not switch to
another virtual terminal. I can however login using ssh and work on a
virtual terminal.
`guix describe` outputs:
```
Generation 1 Mar 25 2021 15:57:08 (current)
guix ac29d37
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
branch: master
commit: ac29d37e2ffd7a85adfcac9be4d5bce018289bec
```
Here is the operating system configuration:
```
(use-modules (gnu))
(use-service-modules desktop
mail
networking
ssh
xorg)
(use-package-modules admin
certs
compression
emacs
openbox
vpn)
(operating-system
(locale "en_US.utf8")
(timezone "America/City")
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us" "dvp"))
(host-name "host")
(users (cons* (user-account
(name "user")
(comment "user")
(group "users")
(home-directory "/home/user")
(supplementary-groups
'("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")))
%base-user-accounts))
(packages
(append
(list
;window manager
openbox
;networking
nss-certs
openvpn
;emacs
emacs
;compression
unzip)
%base-packages))
(services
(append
(list (service openssh-service-type)
(set-xorg-configuration
(xorg-configuration
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
%desktop-services))
(bootloader
(bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-bootloader)
(target "/dev/sda")
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
(mapped-devices
(list (mapped-device
(source
(uuid "9e6a9648-e6b4-41b4-a467-dd5e5660261e"))
(target "cryptroot")
(type luks-device-mapping))))
(file-systems
(cons* (file-system
(mount-point "/")
(device "/dev/mapper/cryptroot")
(type "ext4")
(dependencies mapped-devices))
%base-file-systems)))
```
---
x86_64
GPU: Intel Mobile 946GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
When I boot this computer I get a graphical error:
A sad face with the text "Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has
occurred and the system can't recover. Please contact a system
administrator".
It seems to be unresponsive and I can not switch to a virtual terminal.
However I can connect by ssh and use a virtual terminal.
`guix describe` outputs:
```
Generation 3 Mar 23 2021 21:50:15 (current)
guix 8b2b546
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
branch: master
commit: 8b2b5463963d5d4dee480b0cf73fa4a9eca414ba
```
The configuration is:
```
(use-modules (gnu))
(use-package-modules admin
aspell
emacs
emacs-xyz
firmware
libreoffice
rsync
ssh
version-control
vpn
xdisorg
xorg
certs)
(use-service-modules desktop
networking
ssh
xorg)
(operating-system
(locale "en_US.utf8")
(timezone "America/City")
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us" "dvp"))
(host-name "host")
(users (cons* (user-account
(name "user")
(comment "user")
(group "users")
(home-directory "/home/user")
(supplementary-groups
'("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")))
%base-user-accounts))
(packages
(append
(list
;networking
nss-certs
ath9k-htc-firmware
wpa-supplicant
openvpn
netcat
openssh-sans-x
;version control
git
;spelling
hunspell
hunspell-dict-en-us
;x
xorg-server
xinit
sx
xf86-video-vesa
xf86-video-fbdev
xf86-video-intel
;emacs
emacs
emacs-exwm)
%base-packages))
(services
(append
(list (service openssh-service-type))
%desktop-services))
(bootloader
(bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-bootloader)
(target "/dev/sda")
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
(mapped-devices
(list (mapped-device
(source
(uuid "449c23e1-1130-489d-aa0f-65a1fc26187e"))
(target "cryptroot")
(type luks-device-mapping))))
(file-systems
(cons* (file-system
(mount-point "/")
(device "/dev/mapper/cryptroot")
(type "ext4")
(dependencies mapped-devices))
%base-file-systems))
(swap-devices (list "/swapfile")))
```
next reply other threads:[~2021-03-27 0:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-27 0:43 Bone Baboon [this message]
2021-03-27 2:42 ` Two more computers unable to start X with GDM Joshua Branson
2021-03-27 6:13 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2021-03-27 14:39 ` Bone Baboon
2021-03-27 14:14 ` Bone Baboon
2021-03-27 15:29 ` Joshua Branson
2021-03-27 18:24 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-29 8:06 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2021-03-29 14:32 ` Gary Johnson
2021-03-29 16:24 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-29 15:13 ` Joshua Branson
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