GNU bug report logs - #40652
GDM does not starts after April 10 system reconfigure

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Package: guix;

Reported by: R Veera Kumar <vkor <at> vkten.in>

Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 40652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 40652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40652: #36924 way solves the problem for me
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:43:50 +0200

Hi Guillaume,

Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net> skribis:

> I don't know if it's related, but recently I had GDM crashes at boot
> after reconfiguring a system using gdm-service-type (generation n) to
> make it use slim-service-type instead (generation n+1), and then
> reconfiguring to gdm-service-type again (generation n+2).
>
> The problem was that the 'gdm' user id number (or group id number) was
> not the same in generations n and n+2, which prevented GDM from
> accessing the '/var/lib/gdm' directory.

When did that happen?

Commit a43e9157ef479e94c19951cc9d228cf153bf78ee (Sep. 2019) supposedly
ensures that /var/lib/gdm has proper ownership.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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