# Tried some GDM/LightDM changes in my system config and no passwords work

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**Category:** Guix\
**Created:** [September 21, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/tried-some-gdm-lightdm-changes-in-my-system-config-and-no-passwords-work/1791 "2025-09-21T22:15:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![dgr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/dgr/32/394_2.png) [@dgr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/dgr)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/tried-some-gdm-lightdm-changes-in-my-system-config-and-no-passwords-work/1791/7 "2025-09-26T10:01:00Z")

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> [@jfr](#):
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> scheme is definitely more congruent with itself than nix

This is why I picked Guix. I already learned a DSL for a monitoring solution so I wasn’t to keen on learning another one, only for Nix.

> [@jfr](#):
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> It’s a shame some of the basics aren’t in place for guix,

Absolutely, I just installed flatpak and now on every run I get a warning about two directories aren’t in the search path and the applications aren’t showing up in the launcher.

I followed [https://flathub.org/setup/GNU%20Guix](https://flathub.org/setup/GNU%20Guix) and [flatpak 1.16.0 — Packages — GNU Guix](https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/flatpak/1.16.0/)

But now I need to follow random advice on an obscure forum to get it to work properly 😉

> [@GNOME software center (flatpak support)](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702/3):
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> Oh, I found out I was missing some configuration. So first I need to install flatpak, like their docs say. guix install flatpak flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo Then to install apps, I need to run this. The --user flag is important. flatpak install --user flathub com.logseq.Logseq You also need to update XDG\_DATA\_HOME so that it includes Flatpak directories. There is a file Flatpak provides that can do this. The file is locate…

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