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GDM refuses to log into Gnome on Debian 9 or 10

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: bug#35308: closed (Re: GDM refuses to log into Gnome on Debian 9
 or 10)
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:27:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#35308: GDM refuses to log into Gnome on Debian 9 or 10

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 35308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: 35308-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GDM refuses to log into Gnome on Debian 9 or 10
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:26:19 +0100

Closing this as I haven’t been able to reproduce the problem during the
last couple of years.

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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: GDM refuses to log into Gnome on Debian 9 or 10
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:16:20 +0200

Hello,

I use Guix on top of Debian, with Gnome DE. Once I'm at GDM screen and
I log in successfully, nothing happens, and I'm back to GDM screen. The
only workaround I found is to add the following lines in my .profile:

    unset GI_TYPELIB_PATH
    unset XDG_DATA_DIRS

Then I can get past GDM. The fix doesn't work if i omit either line. It
doesn't make a difference if I use standard Gnome, or Gnome Wayland. It
doesn't make a difference if I use Debian Testing instead of Stable.

This is not a great fix because applications installed through Guix do
not appear in the Applications menu.

I wasn't able to get any error message to chew on. 

Help is welcome.

Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou

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