[Nix-dev] Broken xserve after update to nix-1.2 persists in nix-1.3

[Patrick Wheeler]

`nix-stor --verify --check-contents`
http://pastebin.com/EezSb9NU

Thanks for taking a look at it.

Patrick


On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Patrick Wheeler <
patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com> wrote:

> configuration.nix:
> http://pastebin.com/Mfam4J07
>
> journalctl -bu ...
> http://pastebin.com/vrLchuDT
>
>  I had been using it nix-store --verify --check-contents night but must
> have gotten impatient and canceled half way so the file I was using as a
> log only had a few entries. I will can tell you though that there are a few
> "...user-environment" paths and a Haskell package that it is complaining
> about everything else it was complaining about I already fixed with
> repair-path. I will post the full results in a few minutes when it finishs.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:50 PM, <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> To help debug, can you:
>>
>> a) paste configuration.nix
>> b) paste the output of 'journalctl -bu display-manager.service'
>> c) run, as root, 'nix-store --verify --check-contents' (will take some
>> time!) and report the output?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shea
>>
>> On 2013-02-25 14:43, Patrick Wheeler wrote:
>> > On vmware 4.1.3
>> > Starting with nixos and nix 1.1
>> >
>> > My problem is that after trying to update from nix 1.1 to nix 1.2 or
>> > 1.3 I was not longer able to get xserver/X11 to work.  If you have
>> > any
>> > insight to a solution please let me know below is a very rough time
>> > line, additional information and some failed attempted
>> > solutions/experiments.
>> >
>> > Patrick Wheeler
>> >
>> > Starting from nix 1.1, after trying to update with
>> >
>> > nix-channel --update
>> > nixos-rebuild switch
>> >
>> > The graphical interface did not load like normal and boot in to the
>> > shell.
>> >
>> > after another round of rebuilding I am in nix-1.3 but the
>> > problem persists.
>> >
>> > ls -l $(which X) reports I am using xorg-server-1.12.4
>> > xserve reports that it can not find a display.
>> >
>> > Other information:
>> >
>> > systemctl
>> >
>> > reports only one service witha failure:
>> >
>> >                                      Load    Active Sub
>> > display -manager.service loaded failed    failed
>> >
>> > Trying to start x while providing a logfile
>> >
>> > X -logfile xerrors.txt
>> >
>> >  Log: http://pastebin.com/bahfVjJy [1]
>> >
>> > Attempts:
>> >
>> > * Rebooting
>> > * Starting over from a snapshot some variblity in the errors
>> > encountered but it has the same effect.
>> > * I have tried setting:
>> > hardware.enableAllFirmware= true;, there are many dead sources.
>> > * futher nixos-rebuild switch result in an error:
>> >
>> > building Nix...
>> > building the system configuration...
>> > updating GRUB 2 menu...
>> > Use of uninitialized value $_[0] in substitution (s///) at
>> >
>> >
>> /nix/store/v4m3gahx1iz53v51rdinh0lcmipn1p4j-perl-5.14.2/lib/perl5/5.14.2/File/Basename.pm
>> > line 341.
>> > fileparse(): need a valid pathname at
>> > /nix/store/g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl [2] line
>> > 209
>> >
>> > * I also tried truing on or off some of the xserver flags in
>> > configurations.nix but to no avail.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Patrick Wheeler
>> > Patrick.John.Wheeler at gmail.com
>> > Patrick.J.Wheeler at rice.edu
>> >  Patrick.Wheeler at colorado.edu
>> >
>> > Links:
>> > ------
>> > [1] http://pastebin.com/bahfVjJy
>> > [2] http://g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl
>> >
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Patrick.J.Wheeler at rice.edu
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