bug#53233: installing gnome-terminal on a foreign distribution causes login to fail
Hi Leo! Leo Famulari writes: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 12:42:18PM -0500, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: >> Hello Guix, >> >> I'm lacking investigation detail, but this seems worthy of reporting. >> >> I had tested installing gnome-terminal from guix on top of a Debian >> stable distribution, and was surprised that login would not longer work >> (!) until I 'guix remove gnome-terminal' from a TTY. > > On Debian 11 (current stable), I did this: > > recent commit, from today >| > -- ▼ > $ guix time-machine --commit=ea71ec1630e06503c14c6e7f4570b69de4e42123 -- > install gnome-terminal > $ gnome-terminal > # Error creating terminal: The name org.gnome.Terminal was not provided by > any .service files > $ > -- Yes, this is because gnome-terminal installs dbus services that aren't found without messing with the host dbus config. > So, it doesn't work in general. But, it also doesn't break login. I > tried `bash --login` and also logged in from the console in another TTY. > > However, my system doesn't use a desktop environment or login manager. I > login from the console and run `startx`. OK, perhaps this explains why. My testing was with GDM/GNOME atop Debian 9. Thanks for trying it! Maxim
bug#53233: installing gnome-terminal on a foreign distribution causes login to fail
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 12:42:18PM -0500, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hello Guix, > > I'm lacking investigation detail, but this seems worthy of reporting. > > I had tested installing gnome-terminal from guix on top of a Debian > stable distribution, and was surprised that login would not longer work > (!) until I 'guix remove gnome-terminal' from a TTY. On Debian 11 (current stable), I did this: recent commit, from today | -- ▼ $ guix time-machine --commit=ea71ec1630e06503c14c6e7f4570b69de4e42123 -- install gnome-terminal $ gnome-terminal # Error creating terminal: The name org.gnome.Terminal was not provided by any .service files $ -- So, it doesn't work in general. But, it also doesn't break login. I tried `bash --login` and also logged in from the console in another TTY. However, my system doesn't use a desktop environment or login manager. I login from the console and run `startx`.
bug#53233: installing gnome-terminal on a foreign distribution causes login to fail
Hello Guix, I'm lacking investigation detail, but this seems worthy of reporting. I had tested installing gnome-terminal from guix on top of a Debian stable distribution, and was surprised that login would not longer work (!) until I 'guix remove gnome-terminal' from a TTY. We should investigate why (such as in a VM). Maxim
