bug#55488: GDM, GNOME: Can't start desktop session after upgrade

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Luis,

Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> skribis:

> I'm using the Guix system. After upgrading it to recent versions of Guix 
> (e.g. guix 1110479), I can't access the GNOME desktop. The problem is also 
> present when creating a virtual machine with the same configuration file used 
> for the real machine (guix system vm config.scm).

This is a config that uses Xorg, not Wayland, right?

> In the real machine, only a black screen appears. After hours, there is no 
> change. There is no mouse pointer or any indication that the desktop has 
> loaded.
>
> In the virtual machine, you see a black screen and the mouse pointer 
> appearing sometimes and then disappearing. After a minute,  you are taken 
> back to the log in screen, which now behaves erratically: when you click on 
> your user to log in again, it shows the username input box, and, once you 
> move the pointer to enter your username, the view is changed back to the list 
> of users. The same happens everytime you try to log in again.

What does ‘sudo herd status’ show at that point?

I wonder if it might be <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/55488>.

If not, could you provide a minimal config that reproduces the problem?

Thanks,
Ludo’.