GuixSD graphical Installer hangs on connecting to wifi

I built the graphical installer locally. Here's what "guix describe"

outputs:

guix be0a613

repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git

branch: master

commit: be0a613c10f6c632b58cf19d37a8c1a5987de354

I used the following command in the guix source:

time guix system disk-image --file-system-type=ext4 --image --

size=$[16010(281+1)]MB gnu/system/install.scm

I specified the size to be as close to the size of my thumb drive as

possible without going over. I think I wanted to add my system config to the

drive after it has the installer, but later decided against it. I used

gnome-disk-utility to put the resulting image on my thumb drive.

When I boot from the drive, it goes as expected. I choose my language,

country, and time zone. I select to use the graphical installer, choose my

keyboard layout, and enter my host name. It then detects my wifi, and I

select it. This is when it hangs. A message pops up saying it is connecting

to the wifi. I expect it to give me a way to enter the wifi password and

other important information, but it doesn't. I left it alone for a good hour

with no change.

I have not yet tried the officially published graphical installer. I have

already put the ISO from the website on the thumb drive so I can see if the

wifi selection does not hang when it needs a password. Expect follow-up on

this regard later.

Thanks!

--

-Jesse

Can you still go to another console once it hangs?

Try pressing Alt-F2 or Alt-F3 or something (once it hangs).

Then we could try to find out via "ps" and maybe via /proc and "strace" what

it's doing.

Hi,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

Also, Alt-F12 should show system messages.

Ludo’.

On Sun, 2019-12-29 at 17:01 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

Sorry I took so long to respond. I installed successfully from the

official build. I finally got everything set up and don't want to re-

install everything again. I'll see if I can reproduce this issue with

an external target install drive.

-Jesse

Hi Ludo,

I ran into the same issue that Jesse encountered in December, the

installer hangs when it tries to connect to wifi, and I can't escape by

pressing Alt-F2/F3/F12. In the end I just have to hold down the

power button. I've tested this with different wifi networks and it's

always the same. I tried using the console to connect to wifi, and

everything worked smoothly. The only difference from the manual was

that I had to use `rfkill unblock wifi` before I could bring the

interface up. I didn't have this issue when I first installed guix, so

I downloaded the 1.0.1 installer and as I thought the issue wasn't

there, and the wifi connection went smoothly.

I'm not sure how I can get any diagnostic information from my system, if

you have ideas I'd be happy to try them out. I tested this on my Librem

15 v4; I remember from Guix Days that a few other people have Librem

laptops, I'm curious if they can use the installer to connect to a wifi

network.

-Robert

Hello,

"Robert Smith" <robertsmith@posteo.net> skribis:

When you’re on tty1 (the installer), you have to hit Ctrl-Alt-F12

etc. (note “Ctrl”). Is it what you tried?

OK. It could have something to do with the issue about Connman not

starting that Florian reported.

What does /var/log/messages show? (In particular, messages from

shepherd, connmand, and dbus.)

Anyone else with a Librem laptop can give it a try? You don’t need to

run the full installation, it’s enough to go past the network setup

phase, which is early on.

Thanks for your report,

Ludo’.

...no, I forgot about that! Well at least that makes my job easier. I

attached the relevant section of the messages as an attachment, but

the key line seems to be:

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: Can't load

/gnu/store/vclzrvbxac8ipc8g1ncq5gjjj8gdvxw3-connman-1.38/lib/connman/plugins-vpn/wireguard.so:

/gnu/store/vclzrvbxac8ipc8g1ncq5gjjj8gdvxw3-connman-1.38/lib/connman/plugins-vpn/wireguard.so:

undefined symbol: __vpn_ipconfig_foreach

No problem!

-Robert

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost installer[402]: running step 'network'

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost installer[402]: running step 'select-technology'

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost installer[402]: running step 'power-technology'

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {update} flags 36931 <UP,RUNNING>

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 address 18:CF:5E:F4:06:75 mtu 1500

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 operstate 0 <UNKNOWN>

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {update} flags 36867 <UP>

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 address 18:CF:5E:F4:06:75 mtu 1500

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 operstate 2 <DOWN>

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 address 18:CF:5E:F4:06:75 mtu 1500

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost connmand[363]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 operstate 2 <DOWN>

Apr 13 17:18:34 localhost wpa_supplicant[362]: WPS: Converting push_button to virtual_push_button for WPS 2.0 compliance

Apr 13 17:18:35 localhost installer[402]: running step 'connect-service'

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost dbus-daemon[357]: [system] Activating service name='net.connman.vpn' requested by ':1.17' (uid=0 pid=444 comm="connmanctl ") (using servicehelper)

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost dbus-daemon[357]: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.connman.vpn'

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: Connection Manager VPN daemon version 1.38

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: Can't load /gnu/store/vclzrvbxac8ipc8g1ncq5gjjj8gdvxw3-connman-1.38/lib/connman/plugins-vpn/wireguard.so: /gnu/store/vclzrvbxac8ipc8g1ncq5gjjj8gdvxw3-connman-1.38/lib/connman/plugins-vpn/wireguard.so: undefined symbol: __vpn_ipconfig_foreach

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: lo {newlink} index 1 operstate 0 <UNKNOWN>

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: wlp1s0 {create} index 2 type 1 <ETHER>

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: wlp1s0 {update} flags 36867 <UP>

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 address 18:CF:5E:F4:06:75 mtu 1500

Apr 13 17:18:52 localhost connman-vpnd[446]: wlp1s0 {newlink} index 2 operstate 2 <DOWN>

Hi Robert,

Robert Smith <robertsmith@posteo.net> skribis:

I would think this one is harmless, but /var/log/messages shows that the

installer doesn’t go beyond the ‘connect-service’ step, is that correct?

Thanks,

Ludo’.

That's correct, it freezes on the "Connecting to the network" message.

There's no output in /var/log/messages after the lines that I attached.

Robert,

Robert Smith ???

You need to press C-M-Fn to escape the kmscon, M- on its own won't

do.

I've run into this as well; there's an ugly patch of mine floating

around that explicitly calls ‘rfkill’ on the interface even though

Connman claims to do so automatically.

I'll dig up the 2-card machine that can reproduce this.

Kind regards,

T G-R

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice ???

Ugh. A new (=old) subthread magically appeared after I sent this.

Ignore this stale advice. :-)

In better (=worse) news, I can also reproduce the hang, not just

the rfkill issue…

To be continued,

T G-R

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