bug#39281: closed (gdm doesn't start)

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> gdm doesn't start
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> Sat, 25 Jan 2020 15:32:31 -0500 (EST)
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> Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07)
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> Hi Guix,
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> After a recent pull and system reconfigure, gdm does not start at boot. 
> Instead, I am left with a text console login. sirgazil also described the 
> problem on irc, "I just did guix pull and sudo system reconfigure, and GDM 
> never started after waiting for about 10 minutes. This may be the same 
> problem gnutec was having yesterday..."
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> The last known good guix for me is 
> 7842ddcbc118cbc2799e22651732b7cdc06b93ee and the first known bad commit is 
> df6ce9fcb455ac59372f1025e450005ea3190614.
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> My operating system config is included below:
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> Best,
> Jack
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> (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss) (gnu services xorg)
>              (gnu packages linux))
> (use-service-modules desktop)
> (use-package-modules certs gnome scanner security-token)
>
> (operating-system
>  (host-name "alperton")
>  (timezone "America/New_York")
>  (locale "en_US.utf8")
>
>  (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>               (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>               (target "/dev/sda")))
>
>  ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition.
>  ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'.
>  (mapped-devices
>   (list (mapped-device
>          (source (uuid "f7776767-70c9-44e3-9973-c1334d301348"))
>          (target "alperton_root")
>          (type luks-device-mapping))))
>
>  (file-systems (cons
>                 (file-system
>                  (device (file-system-label "alperton_root"))
>                  (mount-point "/")
>                  (type "ext4")
>                  (dependencies mapped-devices))
>                 %base-file-systems))
>
>  (swap-devices (list "/root/swap"))
>
>  (users (cons (user-account
>                (name "jackhill")
>                (comment "Jack Hill")
>                (group "users")
>                (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
>                                        "audio" "lp" "video"))
>                (home-directory "/home/jackhill"))
>               %base-user-accounts))
>
>  ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>  (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
>                   fuse-exfat
>                   bluez
>                   gvfs              ;for user mounts
>                   %base-packages))
>
>  ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
>  ;; screen with F1.  Use the "desktop" services, which
>  ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with
>  ;; NetworkManager, and more.
>  (services (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
>                   (bluetooth-service)
>                   (simple-service 'custom-udev-rules udev-service-type (list 
> sane-backends libu2f-host))
>                   %desktop-services))
>
>  (firmware %base-firmware)
>
>  ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
>  (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
>
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#39281: gdm doesn't start Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:11:27 +0100

Hi,

thanks for the investigation and patch.

Pushed to guix master as commit 9111f9750084cbc214d36e2ee16308f8edabf11d.

Re-added gnome-initial-setup to gnome with
commit 24882d3d9a0529f34217aac2da2c8d6e2a076a63.

Closing bug report.

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