Gnome3 and Pantheon in the same system does not build

[romildo]

Issue description

I want to have gnome3 and pantheon desktop managers in the same NixOS system, so that the user can choose the desired one at login time. So I have on configuration.nix:

  services.xserver.desktopManager.pantheon.enable = true;
  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome3.enable = true;

But nixos-rebuild gives the following error:

error: The unique option `networking.networkmanager.basePackages.modemmanager' is defined multiple times, in:
 - /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
 - /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix.
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)

cc @worldofpeace

Technical details

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 5.1.16, NixOS, 19.09pre184855.beff2f8d75e (Loris)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.2.2
• channels(root): "nixos-19.09pre184855.beff2f8d75e"
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

[worldofpeace]

Currently there's a bit of work to be done so that both these session can exist on a system without conflicting with each other and making a session unusable.

At first something like

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index ef6820d3326..9e8482432b4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ in {
       isSystem = true;
     };

-    environment.variables.GNOME_SESSION_DEBUG = optionalString cfg.debug "1";
+    environment.variables.GNOME_SESSION_DEBUG = mkIf cfg.debug "1";

     # Override default mimeapps
     environment.variables.XDG_DATA_DIRS = [ "${mimeAppsList}/share" ];
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ in {
     ];

     # Use the correct gnome3 packageSet
-    networking.networkmanager.basePackages =
+    networking.networkmanager.basePackages = mkDefault
       { inherit (pkgs) networkmanager modemmanager wpa_supplicant;
         inherit (pkgs.gnome3) networkmanager-openvpn networkmanager-vpnc
                               networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-fortisslvpn

would need to be done so they'd at least build.

From there we'd probably have to eliminate having to set NIX_GSETTINGS_OVERRIDES_DIR and use #54150. Then make them not conflict.

[wamserma]

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/58203 seems also to be related

[jtojnar]

The issues above are fixed but now the conflict occurs in environment.variables.NIX_GSETTINGS_OVERRIDES_DIR. Solution would be https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/54150

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[romildo]

The issues above are fixed but now the conflict occurs in environment.variables.NIX_GSETTINGS_OVERRIDES_DIR. Solution would be #54150

This is still an issue.

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[romildo]

Still an issue.

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[romildo]

Still an issue.

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[romildo]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

Not fixed yet.

[COLAMAroro]

I just encountered the same issue with Gnome and Cinnamon, where both can not be enabled at the same time

[emiellr]

Still an issue, can't use gdm+gnome3+pantheon. Same problem occurs with gdm+gnome3+deepin.

[jtojnar]

Hopefully, #234615 will allow us to fix this.

[rudra-code-creator]

The issues above are fixed but now the conflict occurs in environment.variables.NIX_GSETTINGS_OVERRIDES_DIR. Solution would be #54150

This is still an issue.

Still an issue in 2024. Facing this issue currently. Hope it gets fixed soon :)

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-i-cant-have-pantheon-gnome-and-plasma-installed-on-my-system-at-the-same-time/47346/4

[rudra-code-creator]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-i-cant-have-pantheon-gnome-and-plasma-installed-on-my-system-at-the-same-time/47346/4

OMG I started this thread on Discourse!