Re: TTY auto-login broken

[Joshua Branson]

Christian Miller <christian.miller@dadoes.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> this is how I configured my system:
>
> (modify-services %desktop-services
>   (delete gdm-service-type)
>   (mingetty-service-type config =>
>     (mingetty-configuration
>       (inherit config)
>       (auto-login "cm")
>       ;; TODO: Work around to fix "Error in service module"
>       (login-pause? #t))))
>
> Without the (login-pause? #t) I would get "Error in service module" as
> an error message in my TTY and can't use the system.
>
> There is also someone else with that issue[0]
>
> I asked on the IRC[1] some time ago (somenickname was me in that case)
> and nckx had an assumption why this is happening.
>
> [0]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68384
> [1]: https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2023-09-28.log#211350

Also the cookbook describes something similar and it is apparently not
working anymore either.  I've reported it some time ago.

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/56958

Thanks,

Joshua

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