Hi, I have a new installed guix system, with guix pull (or any guix command) i
get kicked out of the session (graphical and tty ), looking at the logs I see
in guix-daemon.log
2026-02-05 20:52:53 socket-activated with %1% socket
2026-02-05 20:52:53 accepted connection from pid …, user ..
2026-02-05 20:55:34 SIGPOLL
2026-02-05 20:55:34 unexpected build daemon error: interrupted by the user
In /var/log/message
2026-02-05 20:52:38 localhost elogind[491]: New session c1 of user …..
2026-02-05 20:52:53 localhost shepherd[1]: Spawning systemd-style service
/gnu/store/l574gczwh6arwnnns3347m9dncjp8qi5-guix-1.5.0/bin/guix-daemon.
2026-02-05 20:52:53 localhost shepherd[1]: Running value of service guix-daemon
changed to #<<process> id: 675 command:
("/gnu/store/l574gczwh6arwnnns3347m9dncjp8qi5-guix-1.5.0/bin/guix-daemon"
"--build-users-group" "guixbuild" "--max-silent-time" "3600" "--timeout"
"86400" "--log-compression" "gzip" "--discover=no" "--substitute-urls"
"https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org https://ci.guix.gnu.org";)>.
2026-02-05 20:55:34 localhost elogind[491]: Removed session c1.
2026-02-05 20:55:34 localhost shepherd[1]: Respawning term-tty3.
2026-02-05 20:55:34 localhost shepherd[1]: Starting service term-tty3...
2026-02-05 20:55:34 localhost shepherd[1]: Service term-tty3 started.
2026-02-05 20:55:34 localhost shepherd[1]: Service term-tty3 running with value
#<<process> id: 734 command:
("/gnu/store/wvfy774ff33xzbq54ab39qhvrxwakvw6-mingetty-1.08/sbin/mingetty"
"--nohangup" "tty3")>.
2026-02-05 20:55:34 localhost shepherd[1]: Service term-tty3 has been started.
2026-02-05 20:56:47 localhost elogind[491]: New session c2 of user ….
df -hT / /var /run /tmp /gnu/store
Shows 39% in all
df -i / /var /run /tmp /gnu/store
Shows 8% in all
The guix config that I used for guix system init in graphical installation
(use-modules
(gnu)
(gnu system nss)
(gnu packages ratpoison)
(gnu packages vim)
(gnu packages suckless)
(gnu packages terminals)
(gnu packages cryptsetup)
(gnu packages linux))
(use-service-modules desktop
networking
ssh
xorg)
(use-package-modules bootloaders wm
xorg ssh)
; this is to see the image in grub
(define (grub-insert-insmod-lvm-before-search installer)
#~(lambda (bootloader device mount-point)
(use-modules (ice-9 rdelim))
;; 1- ejeckta el installer original (instala grub y genera grub.cfg)
(#$installer bootloader device mount-point)
;; 2- parcha /boot/grub/grub.cfg en el sistema destino
;; inserta "insmod lvm" antes del primer "search .."
(let* ((cfg (string-append mount-point "/boot/grub/grub.cfg")))
(define (read-lines file)
(call-with-input-file file
(lambda (port)
(let loop ((acc '()))
(let ((line (read-line port 'concat)))
(if (eof-object? line)
(reverse acc)
(loop (cons line acc))))))))
(define (write-lines file lines)
(call-with-output-file file
(lambda (port)
(for-each (lambda (l)
(display l port)
(newline port))
lines))))
(define (string-prefix? prefix s)
(let ((lp (string-length prefix))
(ls (string-length s)))
(and (>= ls lp)
(string=? prefix (substring s 0 lp)))))
(define (has-insmod-lvm? lines)
(let loop ((xs lines))
(and (pair? xs)
(or (string=? (car xs) "insmod lvm")
(loop (cdr xs))))))
(define (insert-before-first-search lines)
(let loop ((rest lines) (acc '()) (done? #f))
(if (null? rest)
(reverse acc)
(let ((l (car rest)))
(if (and (not done?) (string-prefix? "search " l))
(loop (cdr rest) (cons l (cons "insmod lvm" acc)) #t)
(loop (cdr rest) (cons l acc) done?))))))
(let ((lines (read-lines cfg)))
(unless (has-insmod-lvm? lines)
(write-lines cfg (insert-before-first-search lines)))))))
(define grub-efi-with-lvm
(bootloader
(inherit grub-efi-bootloader)
(installer (grub-insert-insmod-lvm-before-search
(bootloader-installer grub-efi-bootloader)))))
(define luks-sdb4
(mapped-device
(source (uuid “..."))
(target "sdb4_crypt")
(type luks-device-mapping)
(arguments '(#:extra-options
("--perf-no_read_workqueue"
"--perf-no_write_workqueue")))))
(define vgtrisquel
(mapped-device
(source "vgtrisquel")
(targets (list "vgtrisquel-root" "vgtrisquel-swap_1" "vgtrisquel-home"))
(type lvm-device-mapping)))
(operating-system
(host-name “….")
(timezone "America/Santiago")
(locale "es_CL.utf8")
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "latam"))
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-efi-with-lvm)
(targets (list "/boot/efi"))
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
(mapped-devices (list luks-sdb4 vgtrisquel))
(file-systems
(cons* (file-system
(device (uuid “..."))
(mount-point "/boot")
(type "ext4")
(needed-for-boot? #f))
(file-system
(device (uuid “…." 'fat32))
(mount-point "/boot/efi")
(type "vfat")
(needed-for-boot? #f))
(file-system
(device "/dev/mapper/vgtrisquel-root")
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4")
(needed-for-boot? #t)
(check? #f)
(dependencies (list luks-sdb4 vgtrisquel)))
(file-system
(device "/dev/mapper/vgtrisquel-home")
(mount-point "/home")
(type "ext4")
(dependencies (list luks-sdb4 vgtrisquel)))
%base-file-systems))
(swap-devices
(list (swap-space
(target "/dev/mapper/vgtrisquel-swap_1")
(dependencies (list luks-sdb4 vgtrisquel)))))
; there was a time a was not able to pass from ignited and fall into guile REPL
not sure about this
(initrd-modules (append '("dm-crypt" "raid0" "raid1" "raid10" "raid456"
"ext4" "jbd2" "mbcache" "crc16" "ahci" "nvme" "dm_mod")
%base-initrd-modules))
(initrd
(lambda (file-systems . rest)
(apply base-initrd
file-systems
#:linux-modules (list coreutils util-linux e2fsprogs lvm2
cryptsetup-static)
#:keyboard-layout #t
rest)))
(kernel-arguments
(append '("rootfstype=ext4"
"resume=/dev/mapper/vgtrisquel-swap_1")
%default-kernel-arguments))
(users (cons (user-account
(name “...")
(comment “….")
(group "users")
(home-directory "/home/...")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel"
"netdev"
"guixbuild"
"audio"
"video")))
%base-user-accounts))
(packages (append (list lvm2
ratpoison
dmenu
i3-wm
i3status
neovim
openssh
alacritty)
%base-packages))
(services
(cons*
(service slim-service-type
(slim-configuration
(display ":0")
(vt "vt7")
(xorg-configuration
(xorg-configuration
(keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))))
(modify-services %desktop-services
(delete gdm-service-type)))))
My disk sdb4 is a lusk encrypted
sdb4 (type part)-> sdb4_crypt (type crypt) and three Childs vgtrisquel-root
(type lvm), vgtrisquel-home, and vgtirisquel.-swap_1 (this last have 2.9g)
sdb3 ins a separate disk not encrypted, and /boot/efi is in another disk in a
partition
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