GNU bug report logs - #78495
gnome shell not launching...?

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Christopher Howard <christopher <at> librehacker.com>

Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 16:06:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Christopher Howard <christopher <at> librehacker.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: gnome shell not launching...?
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 08:04:38 -0800

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On this computer, I use gnome-desktop-environment. Last Friday I attempted a system reconfigure. GDM comes up as expected, and I am able to login. But instead of getting Gnome Shell, I just get an empty X display with a cursor and nothing to click on. The usual Gnome Shell keyboard shortcuts like Alt-F2 do not do anything.

I adjusted my config file to use a version 5 linux-libre, and reconfigured, but I got the same results after a reboot.

This computer is not the latest and greatest model, but I think it should be new enough not to have problems running Gnome Shell.

Pleased see attached log files and config file, which hopefully are helpful.

Here is my system information:

```
christopher <at> theoden 
------------------- 
OS: Guix System x86_64 
Host: OptiPlex 9020 00 
Kernel: 6.13.7-gnu 
Uptime: 3 days, 20 hours, 31 mins 
Packages: 159 (guix-system) 
Shell: bash 5.1.16 
Resolution: 1920x1080 
DE: GNOME 
Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: kgx 
CPU: Intel i5-4570 (4) @ 3.600GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon HD 8490 / R5 235X OEM 
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 
Memory: 5012MiB / 15906MiB 
```


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