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

Thu Feb 28 22:14:06 CET 2013

No problem, thanks for taking a look at it. I think my last journalctl was
logged when display-manager.services failed.  I restarted the system and
here are the two logs.

systemctl:
http://pastebin.com/QxFwZcxm

journalctl -bu display-manager.service:
http://pastebin.com/1GdpBznw

My native effort was to fix xlibs.xf86videovmware build on my vmware nixos:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/338

I am not sure how to get this fix to "vmware" option used with
services.xserver.videoDrivers in  <nixos-config> when I have fixed
xf86videovmware in my git repo un the .nix-defexpr directory and not in the
nixos channel though.

Patrick

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:18 AM, <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:

> Sorry we're having such a hard time figuring out this issue... I suspect
> it's an X driver problem and the nix-1.2 change is unrelated. Just to
> double check, you said when you ran systemctl it showed that
> display-manager.service had failed? If it's not too much of a hassle can
> you paste the output of running journalctl -bu display-manager.service
> AFTER seeing the failure notice in systemctl?
>
> Thanks,
> Shea
>
>
> On 2013-02-26 15:05, Patrick Wheeler wrote:
>
>> I just wanted to update with that the graphical live cd for the
>> latest nixos when installed through VMware also does not boot into the
>> graphical interface and hast the same behavior as my installation.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Patrick Wheeler
>> <patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.**com <patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Yes that is when it is not booting in graphical mode and anything that
>>> depends on X server will report not finding a screen.
>>>
>>> It also reports success to me as it is booting up so it does
>>> not surprise me that it is logged that way. As it is booting up it give a
>>> green completed checkmark for X11 and after it has already offered a place
>>> to login does it check off 9 more completions including "Reached target
>>> graphical  interface".
>>>
>>> Here is a screen shot where it has offered me login line, upper left,
>>> and then continues, after a half second, to check off reaching the
>>> graphical interface as successful.
>>>
>>> http://imgur.com/M8sERV0 [7]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Shea Levy <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Patrick,
>>>>
>>>> No, there's no need to switch. When you ran the journalctl command, was
>>>> that during a boot where the X server failed? The log you shared looked
>>>> like everything was working.
>>>>
>>>> ~Shea
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 26, 2013, at 1:01, Patrick Wheeler <patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.*
>>>> *com <patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I garbage collected all of the paths that verify had problems, while
>>>>> staying on the same channel. Grub with nixos-rebuild seems to be in working
>>>>> order but the display-manager is still not up and running however.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there still any advantage to trying stdenv-updates still? Any
>>>>> other suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:16 PM, <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Generally any broken paths is a bad sign, the fact that there are
>>>>>> quite a few is more troubling... Did you have a disk failure at any point?
>>>>>> If you don't mind the time involved in doing the build, I'd consider
>>>>>> switching to stdenv-updates, rebuilding, and garbage collecting your old
>>>>>> profiles (once the X server issue is resolved), as that will let you clean
>>>>>> up all the broken paths.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No red flags in the configuration.nix that I can see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The xserver journal logs look fine to me, was that log file from a
>>>>>> boot when X didn't start?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2013-02-25 15:52, Patrick Wheeler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  `nix-stor --verify --check-contents`
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/EezSb9NU [6] [6]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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 <patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  configuration.nix:
>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/Mfam4J07 [4] [4]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> journalctl -bu ...
>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/vrLchuDT [5] [5]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  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<http://pastebin.com/bahfVjJy>[1] [1] [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/**v4m3gahx1iz53v51rdinh0lcmipn1p**
>>>>>>>>> 4j-perl-5.14.2/lib/perl5/5.14.**2/File/Basename.pm
>>>>>>>>> > line 341.
>>>>>>>>> > fileparse(): need a valid pathname at
>>>>>>>>> > /nix/store/g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbsl**h5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl<http://g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl>[2] [2] [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 [1] [1]
>>>>>>>>> > [2] http://**g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh**3z-install-grub.pl<http://g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl>[2] [2]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Patrick Wheeler
>>>>>>>> Patrick.John.Wheeler at gmail.com
>>>>>>>> Patrick.J.Wheeler at rice.edu
>>>>>>>> Patrick.Wheeler at colorado.edu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> 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 [1]
>>>>>>> [2] http://**g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh**3z-install-grub.pl<http://g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl>[2]
>>>>>>> [3] http://lists.science.uu.nl/**mailman/listinfo/nix-dev<http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev>[3]
>>>>>>> [4] http://pastebin.com/Mfam4J07 [4]
>>>>>>> [5] http://pastebin.com/vrLchuDT [5]
>>>>>>> [6] http://pastebin.com/EezSb9NU [6]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Patrick Wheeler
>>>>> Patrick.John.Wheeler at gmail.com
>>>>> Patrick.J.Wheeler at rice.edu
>>>>> Patrick.Wheeler at colorado.edu
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Patrick Wheeler
>>> Patrick.John.Wheeler at gmail.com
>>> Patrick.J.Wheeler at rice.edu
>>> Patrick.Wheeler at colorado.edu
>>>
>>
>> --
>> 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://**g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh**3z-install-grub.pl<http://g3km71vgk5pc9g6cbslh5bra73q3sh3z-install-grub.pl>
>> [3] http://lists.science.uu.nl/**mailman/listinfo/nix-dev<http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev>
>> [4] http://pastebin.com/Mfam4J07
>> [5] http://pastebin.com/vrLchuDT
>> [6] http://pastebin.com/EezSb9NU
>> [7] http://imgur.com/M8sERV0
>>
>
>

-- 
Patrick Wheeler
Patrick.John.Wheeler at gmail.com
Patrick.J.Wheeler at rice.edu
Patrick.Wheeler at colorado.edu
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