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Re: X server crashes during 'guix system reconfigure' on mips64el


From: Mark H Weaver
Subject: Re: X server crashes during 'guix system reconfigure' on mips64el
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:19:18 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux)

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 01:28:39AM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> Hi Ludovic,
>> 
>> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>> 
>> > civodul pushed a commit to branch master
>> > in repository guix.
>> >
>> > commit 3cf319a3f8e23831960a0f1320122cc514188a37
>> > Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
>> > Date:   Sun Aug 21 19:03:29 2016 +0200
>> >
>> >     services: elogind: Provide '%elogind-file-systems' by extension.
>> >     
>> >     * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%base-file-systems): Remove
>> >     %ELOGIND-FILE-SYSTEMS.
>> >     * gnu/services/desktop.scm (elogind-service-type): Extend
>> >     FILE-SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE to provide %ELOGIND-FILE-SYSTEMS.
>> 
>> This commit causes a major problem on my Lemote YeeLoong (mips64el)
>> machine running GuixSD.  I don't know whether it might affect others.
>> 
>> When I run 'guix system reconfigure' to update to a system with this
>> commit, it unloads the older %elogind-file-system services, which causes
>> my X server to crash and leave me in text mode with my keyboard in the
>> wrong mode, so I have to hard reset the machine.
>> 
>> In addition, the 'guix system reconfigure' gets stuck.  (I can see this
>> because I always run it in a text terminal; I do all my 'root' work
>> there.)
>
> I have the same experience on x86_64.

Okay, I reverted commit 3cf319a3f8, pending a solution to this issue.

     Thanks,
       Mark



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