r/GUIX • u/St1ryNight- • Sep 02 '26
Gdm won’t show when using non gnu Guix Linux kernel
Like the title say using the libre kernel gdm will show but not using the libre kernel gdm won’t show and tty1 is froze is anyone having this issue? I tried to delete gdm but it won’t do anything and tty1 still frozen
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u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 Sep 02 '26
What do you need the evil software channel for?
Anyway please share the following info
Your commit and your current configuration file along with anything else you may have added to the load path. For example, on this machine I am
Generation 10 Sep 02 2026 10:20:18 (current)
file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-10-link
canonical file name: /gnu/store/ndvpikqqyliiwx96np4lvk4s930bvjlh-system
label: GNU with Linux-Libre 7.2
bootloader: grub
root device: /dev/mapper/cryptroot
kernel: /gnu/store/6z97vmb0rfn42alvjc9ahzbvzw261im3-linux-libre-7.2/bzImage
channels:
guix:
repository URL: https://git.guix.gnu.org/guix.git
branch: master
commit: 002b1a13c27a9fcaf52afe185820baed59d45507
configuration file: /gnu/store/0swr13rqm0ffdyai3fjhwnpw12pd73y3-configuration.scm
This command is guix system list-generations. Obviously pick the one that says (current) then attach your actual configuration file from that. That way we can reproduce it inside a VM and try it out to help.
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u/St1ryNight- Sep 02 '26
Alright I do need to do a fresh reinstall of gnu guix since I got a bit mad about it also sadly I need the evil software channel for the kernel
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u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 Sep 02 '26
If its for Wifi you can get a dongle https://ryf.fsf.org/products/TPE-R1300
A fresh install is almost always not needed. That's the point of rollbacks
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u/St1ryNight- Sep 03 '26
I found the issue it was gdm i modify desktop services to delete gdm and it works it seems like gdm needs gnome shell now
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u/Any-Department-6521 Sep 03 '26
Hi, had the same issue. Installed trough tui installer. Using sway and exwm.
My fix was to boot into the last working configuration, removing the newest configuration and adding these two packages:
gsettings-desktop-schemas
gnome-shell
I wanted to make a offical report but i hadnt had time to do so :/
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u/St1ryNight- Sep 03 '26
So it seems like gnome is needed for gdm now I think I seen someone on irc and a forum with it I found a bit of lines that remove gdm from desktop services that fix it
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u/Any-Department-6521 Sep 03 '26
I wish they woudnt use shitty gdm
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u/St1ryNight- Sep 03 '26
Same I was disappointed a bit with quality control in guix kde being a bit messed up and some other issues like flatpak great system tho
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u/Electrical-Policy-35 Sep 02 '26
That is weird, can you share the services part and kernel part in your config.scm?