I wanted to test the pantheon DE from unstable nixpgs. I got only a black screen after login. So I set my DE back to gnome3 (my previous configuration.nix). However now gnome3 only shows me a white xterm in the upper left corner, no menus, no bars, nothing but this terminal.
My configuration.nix is the same as it was before I tried pantheon.
I remember I got some “collision” warnings installing pantheon. What are these? Could this cause the problem?
Booting an old config from grub works. What can I do now?
Hello, I maintain Pantheon in nixpkgs.
There’s been a similar issue in Pantheon not working · Issue #57327 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub.
For me to help I’d need similar logs as requested there.
I’d also need to see your effective configuration.nix and know what nixpkgs revision you’re at.
Running the following should provide that.
nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
Also just for fun please try disabling their greeter
services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeters.pantheon.enable = false;
# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
./hardware-configuration.nix
];
# Use the GRUB 2 boot loader.
boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
boot.loader.grub.version = 2;
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = true;
boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = true;
#boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi";
# Define on which hard drive you want to install Grub.
boot.loader.grub.device = "nodev"; # or "nodev" for efi only
networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
#networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
# Set your time zone.
time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# $ nix search wget
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
wget
vim
google-chrome
firefox
alacritty
fish
(vscode-with-extensions.override {
vscodeExtensions = with vscode-extensions; [
bbenoist.Nix
];
})
pantheon.elementary-terminal
git
htop
imagemagick
veracrypt
steam
vlc
tdesktop
skype
spotify
albert
#acrobat-reader
wine-staging
winetricks
borgbackup
#insync
neofetch
nix-index
libreoffice
texstudio
texlive.combined.scheme-full
gimp
subversion
gparted
unzip
ripgrep
cudatoolkit
cudnn
(python37.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ numpy ]))
jetbrains.pycharm-community
arc-theme
arc-icon-theme
numix-icon-theme
gnomeExtensions.dash-to-dock
];
# Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
# started in user sessions.
# programs.mtr.enable = true;
# programs.gnupg.agent = { enable = true; enableSSHSupport = true; };
# List services that you want to enable:
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
services.openssh = {
enable = true;
permitRootLogin = "no";
passwordAuthentication = false;
};
# Open ports in the firewall.
# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
# networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
# Or disable the firewall altogether.
# networking.firewall.enable = false;
# Enable CUPS to print documents.
# services.printing.enable = true;
# Enable sound.
sound.enable = true;
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
# Needed for steam
hardware.opengl.driSupport32Bit = true;
hardware.pulseaudio.support32Bit = true;
# docker
virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
# Enable touchpad support.
# services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
services.xserver.enable = true;
services.xserver.layout = "us";
services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
services.xserver.desktopManager.pantheon.enable = true;
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];
# Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
users.users.zeec = {
isNormalUser = true;
uid = 1000;
home="/home/zeec";
extraGroups = ["wheel" "networkmanager"];
};
programs.fish.enable = true;
users.extraUsers.zeec = {
shell = pkgs.fish;
};
# Fonts
fonts = {
enableFontDir = true;
enableGhostscriptFonts = true;
fonts = with pkgs; [
corefonts # Microsoft free fonts
inconsolata # monospaced
font-awesome-ttf
freefont_ttf
opensans-ttf
liberation_ttf
liberationsansnarrow
ttf_bitstream_vera
libertine
ubuntu_font_family
gentium
symbola
noto-fonts
noto-fonts-cjk
noto-fonts-emoji
liberation_ttf
fira
fira-mono
fira-code
fira-code-symbols
mplus-outline-fonts
dina-font
proggyfonts
];
};
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
system.stateVersion = "18.09"; # Did you read the comment?
}
@ worldofpeace
Thanks,
services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeters.pantheon.enable = false; helped. I then removed the option again and pantheon still works.
Thanks for maintaining pantheon.
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