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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"))) ```