From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?QmrDtnJuIEjDtmZsaW5n?= Subject: Re: Can't log in: blank login screen after reconfigure Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:01:13 +0200 Message-ID: <20181021180113.7254f981@alma-ubu> References: <87ftx0qv8w.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/E56P0XqlR7gQstOCWmC6d6h"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52890) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gEGAi-0008Bk-NG for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:01:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gEGAe-00020L-L6 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:01:43 -0400 Received: from m4s11.vlinux.de ([83.151.27.109]:47922 helo=bjoernhoefling.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gEGAe-0001dT-Ar for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:01:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87ftx0qv8w.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Chris Marusich Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --Sig_/E56P0XqlR7gQstOCWmC6d6h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:21:51 -0700 Chris Marusich wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I recently ran "guix pull" and then "guix system reconfigure" on a > GuixSD installation in a VirtualBox VM. Since doing that, I can't log > in. While booting, everything proceeds as usual, with normal output, > until the SLiM login screen is supposed to appear. But instead of the > SLiM login screen, I get a blank screen with a small white cursor in > the upper left, and I can't log in. >=20 > Has anyone seen anything like this in the past? Here are some > observations I've made about the situation: >=20 > * GuixSD shuts down normally if I issue the "shutdown signal" from > VirtualBox. This indicates the OS is actually still running. >=20 > * I waited over 8 hours, and the login screen did not appear. >=20 > * I tried blind-typing my user name and password, but the blank screen > remained. >=20 > * When I boot from the previous system generation, there is no > problem. >=20 > * When I replace SLiM with SDDM in my OS configuration and > reconfigure, the same problem occurs. >=20 > * However, one time only, while trying to boot using SDDM instead of > SLiM, I got to the SDDM login screen. But when I typed in my > username and password and hit enter, I received the same blank screen > as before and ultimately could not log in. Every other time I've > booted the VM, I didn't even get to the SDDM login screen, so I don't > know why I was able to reach the login screen that one time. >=20 > * I tried pressing control+alt+F2 etc. to switch to different virtual > tty, but it didn't work. The blank screen remained. >=20 > * I examined various system logs, but I could not find anything that > jumped out at me as causing the problem. It's entirely possible I > missed something important, though; I just checked a few places. >=20 > There is more that I could try - for example, I could try starting an > ssh server in my VM and logging in that way. I could also try > drilling deeper into the X server logs, since that seems like the > obvious next step, since the problem occurs for both SDDM and SLiM. > I could also try reinstalling GuixSD in a new VM. But I haven't > tried any of this yet due to lack of time. >=20 > If anyone has any advice or has seen this before, please let me know. > Thank you! >=20 Hi Chris, to be honest, I have no idea what SlimD and SDDM is. I'm using a configuration containing a %desktop-services with xfce-desktop-service added. I just guix pulled, guix system reconfigured and be on: 2c17bd7b2955beef4130d11b33e07e4fb3b234dc and it works for me, I see a login, can login, XFCE is working afterwords. If I can try out anything specific for you, let me know. Bj=C3=B6rn --Sig_/E56P0XqlR7gQstOCWmC6d6h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlvMoskACgkQvyhstlk+X/0M/QCcCfgzGwchOaAPrFHTl6qNn0fC WwsAoLLcCHem8kxOSHWzrGyIwRmRZkw5 =tU4t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/E56P0XqlR7gQstOCWmC6d6h--