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

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Jacob Hrbek <kreyren@rixotstudio.cz> 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.

No news; closing this old issue.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim