Hi Luis, The parts related to elogind I see from the log are the following:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 190:May 31 12:23:27 localhost shepherd[1]: Service elogind has been started. 220:May 31 12:23:14 localhost elogind[382]: New seat seat0. 264:May 31 12:23:15 localhost elogind[382]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Power Button) 280:May 31 12:23:16 localhost dbus-daemon[349]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.login1' requested by ':1.1' (uid=0 pid=383 comm="/gnu/store/qpaw2f734zlsq153fkn5afcv4k4fk63z-upower") (using servicehelper) 343:May 31 12:23:20 localhost elogind[382]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Power Button) 415:May 31 12:23:26 localhost elogind[382]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Sleep Button) 604:May 31 12:23:41 localhost dbus-daemon[349]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.login1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) 643:May 31 12:23:45 localhost elogind[382]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event6 (HUION Huion Tablet_HS611 Consumer Control) 684:May 31 12:23:49 localhost gdm: Gdm: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: Failed to issue method call: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.login1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) 752:May 31 12:24:18 localhost vmunix: [ 17.648359] shepherd[1]: Service file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/elogind has been started. 959:May 31 12:24:33 localhost elogind[382]: New session c1 of user gdm. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- So it has to do with elogind taking too long to start. Same with polkit: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 854:May 31 12:24:10 localhost polkitd[426]: Started polkitd version 0.120 925:May 31 12:24:31 localhost shepherd[1]: [dbus-daemon] ** (accounts-daemon:421): CRITICAL **: 12:24:28.105: error getting polkit authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Now, something’s wrong with those timestamps, where shepherd’s message, which came first, has a timestamp in the future. Could it be <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/55707>? At boot time, if you switch to tty12 (by pressing alt-f12) as soon as it’s available, do you see messages that get printed pretty slowly, like 4–5 lines per second? Sorry for not having clearer ideas, but maybe we have a lead… Thanks, Ludo’.