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Subject: Re: MATE on gdm
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:15:52 +0200
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To: Guy fleury <hoonandon@gmail.com>
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Hello Guy,

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Guy fleury <hoonandon@gmail.com> skribis:

> i'm trying to build this attached system config with both gnome desktop a=
nd mate desktop(i changed nothing except where are gnome to mate). At the e=
nd I get this error:
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D
> To complete the upgrade, run 'herd restart SERVICE' to stop,
> upgrade, and restart each service that was not automatically restarted.
> shepherd: Evaluating user expression (let* ((services (map primitive-load=
 (?))) # ?) ?).
> guix system: error: exception caught while executing 'start' on service '=
user-homes':
> Throw to key `match-error' with args `("match" "no matching pattern" "#<<=
user-account> name: \"root\" password: \"\" uid: 0 group: \"root\" suppleme=
ntary-groups: () comment: \"System administrator\"
> home-directory: #<procedure home-directory (x)> create-home-directory?: #=
t shell: \"/gnu/store/qn1ax1fkj16x280m1rv7mcimfmn9l2pf-bash-4.4.23/bin/bash=
\" system?: #f>")'.
> bootloader successfully installed on '/dev/sda'
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> but i continue with "guix system reconfigure"

Yes, there error above is harmless; it occurs when upgrading from a
relatively old Guix.

> * or the recent use of gdm doesn't yet be tested for mate(someone to test=
?)

I don=E2=80=99t think we explicitly tested GDM with MATE, but it should wor=
k.
What problems did you have with MATE specifically?

Note that it=E2=80=99s usually easier to test these things in a VM, with =
=E2=80=98guix
system vm=E2=80=99.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.