Subject: Re: bug#51813: gdm: Unknown failure to launch after installation from guix installer

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:54:44 -0400

Hi,

Jacob Hrbek <[email-masked]> writes:

> Steps to reproduce:
> 0. Get GIGABYTE M1022
> 1. Get the installer for i686-linux from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.3.0.i686-linux.iso e.g. using `wget wget
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.3.0.i686-linux.iso`
> 2. Plug in the USB flash disk that will be used for the installation
> 3. Invoke `dd if=path/to/guix-system-install-1.3.0.i686-linux.iso of=/dev/sdX conv=sync progress=status && sync` wait for it to finish and
> then boot the device with it
> 4. Finish the installation and reboot
> 5. On startup the gdm fails with "Oh no! Something has gone wrong" telling you to contact yourself for help
> 6. Check log in `/var/log/gdm/greeter.log` and fail to find anything useful (see attachement)
>
> FWIW: it seems like an issue with gdm on 32-bit system

Could you try using the latest CI-baked images such as
https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/1450071/details?

And let me know if it still reproduces.

Thanks,

Maxim