GNU bug report logs - #52051
[core-updates-frozen] cannot login ('org.freedesktop.login1' service times out)

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 06:48:02 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
Cc: 52051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52051: [core-updates-frozen] cannot login
 ('org.freedesktop.login1' service times out)
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:12:59 -0500

Hello,

Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've found a workaround: restarting elogind via SSH resolved the issue.
>>
>> I guess itt may be a race between elogind and dbus-system (elogind gets
>> started before dbus-system is fully up, and the communication with the
>> session bus is somehow crippled from there?).
>
> Does this happen with other login managers on your system, like LightDM?
> The thing is that elogind depends on dbus-system, so I'm not sure there
> should be a race there.

I have the same problem using GDM on that machine :-(.

I'll try poking the dbus session manually using dbus-send, or the Scheme
API for it under (guix build jami-service).

Thanks!

Maxim
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