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my NixOS configuration

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gdm not booting #91

Closed KiaraGrouwstra closed 5 years ago

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

systemctl status display-manager.service reports: session opened for user ... was already dead. related threads suspect nvidia.

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

branches without too much nvidia stuff can boot into gdm using a systemctl restart display-manager.service.

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

https://github.com/tycho01/nix-config/commit/b97699a0a037c81840894e156710f939cf22da4a seems the last attempt that works, unlike head of gtk-simplify3 or gtk-simplify4.

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

gtk-simplify9's maths works too, trying 72ac0f3b40085f58b71570101d3d0675dbe22542.

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

offenders included:

xkb
nvidia

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

somehow new gnome branch fails despite being same-ish as the last gtk-simplify9's?

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

I don't need xkb stuff, as just like KDE, Gnome Tweaks -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard -> Additional Layout Options -> Caps Lock Behavior -> Make Caps Lock an Additional Esc. So that leaves Nvidia stuff.

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

Other displayManagers did boot okay, so I should just ditch GDM. GDM potentially not playing well with nvidia or i3 isn't helping. Impressions:

gdm: Gnome DM, has issues (see above)
slim: no Gnome/KDE deps, kinda basic, didn't figure out booting into i3 yet I think
sddm: KDE DM, was still set to auto login, so I hadn't managed to try i3 I think
lightdm: not super pretty, but quite functional, including for i3
xpra: untried