Fresh install with major issues - dealing with dbus,runtime path, systemd and sddm

Help
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Hey im loving nixos but nixos isnt loving me as much, I feel like im becoming a bother to the lovely people helping as im always asking for help. but usually these are big things I cant find info on or do myself. Anway today i think i found the issue with my system.

some persistant issues

I think they are all related and in hopes to just give you a better over head look at my current system. its a fresh install just a day old. only think i changed was added a channel. the unstable nixos but this was after these issues in hope they would fix it

  • dbus not connecting or unable to located
  • XDG runtime issue/not found or use
  • When rebooting always put into tty. SDDM wont start (it is in config)
  • Pipewire cant connect, i think dbus issue
  • echo PATH gives some interesting items such as locations in the store? with long hash names. I dont remember this being in there

My Files

configuration.nix # Do not modify this file! It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’# and m - Pastebin.com

Another thing I noticed when i echo PATH my path has nixos store locations with long hash names, I dont think thats suppose to happen

echo PATH

Environment PATH = '/nix/store/dsfcdjmymlc18wzk0hssycwifg4wznan-bash-inte
at /nix/store/32kvi5brfy9xpsphrvhcj1a85an65plw-findimagedupes-2.19.1/bin
…propagated at /nix/store/pccqzw1yqj422jhm64i2kzz2x7iv4qnd-perl
INIT failed–call queue aborted.

System info

Operating System: NixOS 22.11
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 5.15.110 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: llvmpipe
ECHO PATH

[nix-shell:~]$ echo $PATH
/nix/store/dsfcdjmymlc18wzk0hssycwifg4wznan-bash-interactive-5.1-p16/bin:pbk66kf43wrpdcijjzc8vf8cymnaxy-gzip-1.12/bin:/nix/store/r84vlmw71jw2piv03n0jdhav2zsdvm6n-bzip2-1.0.8-bin/bin:/nix/store/cgbpv0vvz31qayvbf3bif2iznp46wcgl-gnumake-4.3/bin:/nix/store/kga2r02rmyxl14sg96nxbdhifq3rb8lc-bash-5.1-p16/bin:/nix/store/f1gvh42512gjf3378nmlw2vrx491yndq-patch-2.7.6/bin:/nix/store/y8z2dmbxdapyzpcrhfbdv875l5v7ddpi-xz-5.2.7-bin/bin:/nix/store/cmnq5bja0h0an1k3cyb36blkfci8nxaf-file-5.43/bin:/run/wrappers/bin:/home/llama/.nix-profile/bin:/etc/profiles/per-user/llama/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin

and journalctl

https://pastebin.com/0NSW1JhA

here is my bootctl ’

System:
Firmware: UEFI 2.50 (American Megatrends 5.12)
Secure Boot: disabled (disabled)
TPM2 Support: no
Boot into FW: supported

Current Boot Loader:
Product: systemd-boot 251.16
Features: ✓ Boot counting
✓ Menu timeout control
✓ One-shot menu timeout control
✓ Default entry control
✓ One-shot entry control
✓ Support for XBOOTLDR partition
✓ Support for passing random seed to OS
✓ Load drop-in drivers
✓ Boot loader sets ESP information
ESP: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/c42b8c03-f000-7d47-9591-9c691a8f446a
File: └─/EFI/SYSTEMD/SYSTEMD-BOOTX64.EFI

Random Seed:
Passed to OS: yes
System Token: set
Exists: yes

Available Boot Loaders on ESP:
ESP: /boot/efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/c42b8c03-f000-7d47-9591-9c691a8f446a)
File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 251.16)
File: └─/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (systemd-boot 251.16)

Boot Loaders Listed in EFI Variables:
Title: Linux Boot Manager
ID: 0x000D
Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/c42b8c03-f000-7d47-9591-9c691a8f446a
File: └─/EFI/SYSTEMD/SYSTEMD-BOOTX64.EFI

    Title: UEFI OS
       ID: 0x0029
   Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/c42b8c03-f000-7d47-9591-9c691a8f446a
     File: └─/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI

Boot Loader Entries:
$BOOT: /boot/efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/c42b8c03-f000-7d47-9591-9c691a8f446a)

Default Boot Loader Entry:
type: Boot Loader Specification Type #1 (.conf)
title: NixOS (Generation 6 NixOS 22.11.4203.d41eea2839d, Linux Kernel 5.15.110, Built on 2023-05-20)
id: nixos-generation-6.conf
source: /boot/efi/loader/entries/nixos-generation-6.conf
version: Generation 6 NixOS 22.11.4203.d41eea2839d, Linux Kernel 5.15.110, Built on 2023-05-20
machine-id: e56cb537446849979ae5a35da1da5629
linux: /efi/nixos/fxm9nc2frpsvb1fjzbck0w2jkbkakm3n-linux-5.15.110-bzImage.efi
initrd: /efi/nixos/v9k9vagkwhd7mry68nd2xmryrlxr3grj-initrd-linux-5.15.110-initrd.efi
options: init=/nix/store/6hxm7xmsf53sy3mylqk4qwzzyalhlplc-nixos-system-nixos-22.11.4203.d41eea2839d/init loglevel=4
0:

2

I suggest you get started with a proper graphical environment and take it from there:

https://nixos.wiki/wiki/KDE

3

since my post i have been reading a ton and going over these logs. i found many things that were causing me trouble. as in the wrong driver being used to . also I installed missing software and changed my config . got everything mostly working well. just trying to iron out some PATH issues.
like this
[nix-shell:/etc/nixos]$ nix-instantiate --eval -E ‘’
error: file ‘nixpkgs’ was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)

I cant seem to find online a straight answer to adding to the path, the error says to use nix path but that doesnt help much

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Your command got mangled, please use backticks to properly mark code segments as such:

You can use single backticks to mark `inline code segments`, or use tripple
for code blocks (can even have language hints):

```text
$ nix-info -m
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.3.0, NixOS, 23.05 (Stoat), 23.05.20230518.48a0fb7`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.16.0pre20230518_b1c34c0`
 - channels(aroemer): `"nixpkgs-21.11"`
 - channels(nmelzer): `""`
 - channels(root): `""`
 - nixpkgs: `/etc/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs`
```
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Please post your entire configuration. You’ve only posted your hardware-configuration which doesn’t tell us much.

Are you inside a nix-shell, nix run or the like?

That’s almost certainly wrong. If your desktop ain’t working, the solution is not adding some package to systemPackages in your config.