Nixpkgs: GDM 3.22: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Permission denied)

[DamienCassou]

Issue description

I'm on nixos-unstable and wanted to try gnome 3.22:

gdm-x-session[2762]: (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
gdm-x-session[2762]: (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
gdm-x-session[2762]: (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
gdm-x-session[2762]: (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
gdm-x-session[2762]: (II) vmware: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710
gdm-x-session[2762]: (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE)
gdm-x-session[2762]: Fatal server error:
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Permission denied)
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE)
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE)
gdm-x-session[2762]: Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
gdm-x-session[2762]:          at http://wiki.x.org
gdm-x-session[2762]:  for help.
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/dev/null" for additional information.
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE)
gdm-x-session[2762]: (WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
gdm-x-session[2762]: (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
gdm-x-session[2762]: (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
gdm-x-session[2762]: Unable to run X server

[jgeerds]

same for me

[vcunat]

I think it's still all the same problem as in the link. The default GDM mode (with wayland) needed some changes to Xserver arguments; that was implemented in a way that broke other display managers and got reverted. AFAIK noone has yet implemented a fix that would override those options for GDM only.

[vcunat]

It's a bit unfortunate we're stuck in this in-between state.

[bjornfor]

I believe this is fixed. (Ping me if not.)