From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 27 14:54:55 2020 Received: (at 39281) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jan 2020 19:54:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59024 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iwATH-0003v8-ET for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:54:55 -0500 Received: from sender4-pp-o91.zoho.com ([136.143.188.91]:25197) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iwATE-0003ux-Uq for 39281@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:54:53 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=zapps768; d=zoho.com; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version:content-type:user-agent; b=Mnhp2ru1Nq6+s4grUILazQ31oPvDW2E4p1NtwWJNC8VRC86brKw4S8DBN7oi0H/xQ/36X5q0HGGj TrOHbfZ/uGplOFG5mjZSdDkJUMv6eWAbfrcJKIgzzxNsx4uZLvkY DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1580154890; s=zm2020; d=zoho.com; i=sirgazil@zoho.com; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=Jg85IcSFCpfjuva1wNKSO7G/jaybimrsjJ7mBJ4m5qk=; b=G6Sg6v5gHLu9DdM9J5zrKyf1+BPy2kXQ9Pp1+gNH8dWxoIylHA2lv6+eGr1V/l1U yqlOGSMjYbBgcKivWvhJQ7nRpIoNCbmoZYmhLqk10nwT0SYSX21lj/jORFXTjEE5QC1 mZawqMOODWAmgcvqlo1zxVMnkgL6h4kP2ANDwdhQ= Received: from mail.zoho.com by mx.zohomail.com with SMTP id 1580154883996426.6002607914413; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:54:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [179.15.13.185] by mail.zoho.com with HTTP;Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:54:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:54:43 -0500 From: sirgazil To: "Jack Hill" Message-ID: <16fe8920f9b.fa7d575955256.663632270245241639@zoho.com> In-Reply-To: References: <93d47bbc972a326dd8479b7ecee7ec83@disroot.org> Subject: Re: bug#39281: gdm doesn't start MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: Medium User-Agent: Zoho Mail X-Mailer: Zoho Mail X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 39281 Cc: Raghav Gururajan , Leo Prikler , 39281 <39281@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) ---- On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:08:44 -0500 Jack Hill wrote ---- > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, Raghav Gururajan wrote: > > >> so I removed gnome-initial-setup from the propagated-inputs with the following patch, and, indeed, > >> that resolved the problem with gdm on my system. > > > > That's strange. Both our system share similar configuration. But for me > > gdm works fine with gnome-initial-setup being present. This is > > confusing. > > Indeed, my system does have a really slow disk, so it would not surprise > me if that contributed to it. Of course that shouldn't matter, but that's > the only thing I can think it. It would be nice to hear if sirgazil can > reproduce the fix since I think they were having the same problem on their > computer. Was the patch already applied? Because I just pulled, reconfigured and I have the same problem: After a message like this Jan 27 14:24:57 localhost dbus-daemon[446]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Accounts': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) I only see a flashing caret that makes me think something is going to happen next, but after waiting for more than five minutes, nothing happens. If I go to TTY2, for example, I can log in and "sudo herd restart xorg-server"; then, after a few seconds, GDM is ready in TTY7, and I can log in to the desktop. For what is worth, my computer has a HDD. I also see this message in /var/log/debug: Jan 27 14:24:57 localhost gdm: Failed to contact accountsservice: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.Accounts: Timeout was reached My current Guix: $ LANG=C guix describe Generation 11 Jan 27 2020 14:18:01 (current) guix fcb510c repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: fcb510c541e83291ea6682cba87020a913c64914