Nixpkgs: error: value is null while a set was expected, at linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix

[Anton-Latukha]

Issue description

Trying to upgrade throws an error:

nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade

unpacking channels...
building Nix...
building the system configuration...
error: value is null while a set was expected, at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix:65:52
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)

With '--show-trace':

nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade --show-trace                                                                                      (1)
unpacking channels...
building Nix...
building the system configuration...
error: while evaluating the attribute 'activationScript' of the derivation 'nixos-system-rogue-17.09.2498.a9ffb7b0b5a' at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:98:11:
while evaluating the attribute 'system.activationScripts.script' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:62:9:
while evaluating 'textClosureMap' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:70:35, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:83:18:
while evaluating 'textClosureList' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:54:33, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:71:35:
while evaluating 'f' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:56:17, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:68:9:
while evaluating 'mapAttrs' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:198:17, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:82:33:
while evaluating 'mapAttrs' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:198:17, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:81:24:
while evaluating the attribute 'mergedValue' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:339:5:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:339:32, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:339:19:
while evaluating 'merge' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/types.nix:203:20, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:342:8:
while evaluating 'mapAttrs' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:198:17, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/types.nix:204:9:
while evaluating 'filterAttrs' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:115:23, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/types.nix:204:35:
while evaluating 'concatMap' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/lists.nix:102:18, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:116:18:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:116:29, called from undefined position:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/types.nix:204:51, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:116:62:
while evaluating the attribute 'setup-opengl' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:334:7:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/types.nix:204:86, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:334:15:
while evaluating the attribute 'optionalValue' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:346:5:
while evaluating 'filterOverrides' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:419:21, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:328:18:
while evaluating 'concatMap' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/lists.nix:102:18, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:425:8:
while evaluating 'concatMap' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/lists.nix:102:18, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:323:17:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:323:28, called from undefined position:
while evaluating 'dischargeProperties' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:386:25, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:324:62:
while evaluating the attribute 'value' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/types.nix:209:55:
while evaluating the attribute 'setup-opengl' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/hardware/opengl.nix:123:5:
while evaluating the attribute 'passAsFile' of the derivation 'opengl-drivers-32bit' at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:98:11:
while evaluating the attribute 'passAsFile' of the derivation 'nvidia-libs' at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:98:11:
while evaluating the attribute 'nativeBuildInputs' of the derivation 'nvidia-x11-384.98' at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:98:11:
while evaluating 'chooseDevOutputs' at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:460:22, called from undefined position:
value is null while a set was expected, at /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix:65:52

cat /nix/store/1ka8pv78p0p9c3h8qb892f8xb23zv9a0-nixos-17.09/nixos/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix | nl -ba           (1)
     1  { version
     2  , sha256_32bit
     3  , sha256_64bit
     4  , settingsSha256
     5  , persistencedSha256
     6  , useGLVND ? true
     7  , useProfiles ? true
     8  , preferGtk2 ? false
     9  
    10  , prePatch ? ""
    11  , patches ? []
    12  }:
    13  
    14  { stdenv, callPackage, callPackage_i686, fetchurl, fetchpatch
    15  , kernel ? null, xorg, zlib, perl, nukeReferences
    16  , # Whether to build the libraries only (i.e. not the kernel module or
    17    # nvidia-settings).  Used to support 32-bit binaries on 64-bit
    18    # Linux.
    19    libsOnly ? false
    20  }:
    21  
    22  with stdenv.lib;
    23  
    24  assert (!libsOnly) -> kernel != null;
    25  
    26  let
    27    nameSuffix = optionalString (!libsOnly) "-${kernel.version}";
    28    pkgSuffix = optionalString (versionOlder version "304") "-pkg0";
    29  
    30    self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
    31      name = "nvidia-x11-${version}${nameSuffix}";
    32  
    33      builder = ./builder.sh;
    34  
    35      src =
    36        if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
    37          fetchurl {
    38            url = "https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${version}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${version}${pkgSuffix}.run";
    39            sha256 = sha256_32bit;
    40          }
    41        else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
    42          fetchurl {
    43            url = "https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${version}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${version}${pkgSuffix}.run";
    44            sha256 = sha256_64bit;
    45          }
    46        else throw "nvidia-x11 does not support platform ${stdenv.system}";
    47  
    48      patches = if libsOnly then null else patches;
    49      inherit prePatch;
    50      inherit version useGLVND useProfiles;
    51      inherit (stdenv) system;
    52  
    53      outputs = [ "out" ] ++ optional (!libsOnly) "bin";
    54      outputDev = if libsOnly then null else "bin";
    55  
    56      kernel = if libsOnly then null else kernel.dev;
    57  
    58      hardeningDisable = [ "pic" "format" ];
    59  
    60      dontStrip = true;
    61      dontPatchELF = true;
    62  
    63      libPath = makeLibraryPath [ xorg.libXext xorg.libX11 xorg.libXv xorg.libXrandr zlib stdenv.cc.cc ];
    64  
->  65      nativeBuildInputs = [ perl nukeReferences ] ++ kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
    66  
    67      disallowedReferences = optional (!libsOnly) [ kernel.dev ];
    68  
    69      passthru = {
    70        settings = callPackage (import ./settings.nix self settingsSha256) {
    71          withGtk2 = preferGtk2;
    72          withGtk3 = !preferGtk2;
    73        };
    74        persistenced = mapNullable (hash: callPackage (import ./persistenced.nix self hash) { }) persistencedSha256;
    75      };
    76  
    77      meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    78        homepage = http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html;
    79        description = "X.org driver and kernel module for NVIDIA graphics cards";
    80        license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
    81        platforms = platforms.linux;
    82        maintainers = [ maintainers.vcunat ];
    83        priority = 4; # resolves collision with xorg-server's "lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so"
    84      };
    85    };
    86  
    87  in self

Steps to reproduce

  services.xserver = {                       # Enable the X11 windowing system.
      videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];    # Proprietary nVidia driver
  };


  hardware = {
    cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = true;
    enableAllFirmware = true;
    # Enable 32bit acceleration
    opengl.driSupport32Bit = true;
  };

Technical details

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.9.68, NixOS, 17.09.2498.a9ffb7b0b5a (Hummingbird)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: no
• version: nix-env (Nix) 1.12pre5788_e3013543
• channels(root): "nixos-17.09, unstable-18.03pre123130.1bc288591ea"
• channels(pyro): ""
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs

[ison5002]

I'm also getting this issue with both "nvidia" and "nvidiaBeta".

[orivej]

I can not reproduce it, and since your nix-info reports that you already are on a9ffb7b0b5a, but the latest nixos-17.09 release is the same, it does not look like anything in Nixpkgs has changed to cause this failure.

[FRidh]

I'm encountering the same issue.

The first broken commit is 708b151c9d5ebd6572457cb182b1a33551e579a2, cc @fpletz

[FRidh]

Parts of nvidia driver are built without kernel, in which case kernel.moduleBuildDependencies should not be added.

The following fixes the issue:

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ let

     libPath = makeLibraryPath [ xorg.libXext xorg.libX11 xorg.libXv xorg.libXrandr zlib stdenv.cc.cc ];

-    nativeBuildInputs = [ perl nukeReferences ] ++ kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ perl nukeReferences ] ++ optionals (!libsOnly) kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;

     disallowedReferences = optional (!libsOnly) [ kernel.dev ];

[FRidh]

Is fixed on master with 9fe81b5ac2bca0577042e43483096f50c46e4dbb and release-17.09 with 9fe81b5ac2bca0577042e43483096f50c46e4dbb.

[Anton-Latukha]

Thank you 8)

Happy New Year everyone!

[Anton-Latukha]

Can I be dumb, and ask what is the right NixOS way to fix *this state of system.
For it to update out of this.

[FRidh]

It seems the 17.09 channel is not updating because of a failing test
https://hydra.nixos.org/build/66945420

In any case, you can upgrade using

nixos-rebuild switch -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/9fe81b5ac2bca0577042e43483096f50c46e4dbb.tar.gz

[Anton-Latukha]

@FRidh Thank you 👍

[vcunat]

The channel updated in the meantime, and should contain the fix. Commit 9fe81b5ac2bc above isn't on 17.09 but on unstable.