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

Patrick Wheeler patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com
Fri Mar 1 02:23:31 CET 2013 

Rather then mounting the store and mutating it, what is a better method of
testing out this type of solution?




On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Patrick Wheeler <
patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I mangled my store and updated xf86videovmware,
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/338, and it fixed the problem.  I
> now have graphics again.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Patrick
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Patrick Wheeler <
> patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
> 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
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