bug#63237: Sway fails to start

[Jack Hill]

On Tue, 2 May 2023, Simon Streit wrote:

> Simon Streit <simon@netpanic.org> writes:
>
> > Since checkout 5bfce83dc4cddfdbb9f4bef06a26dbfe525c2838 sway at version
> > 1.8 fails to start.  GDM's log says:
>
> The previous error message is not quite right.  I still had
> LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE enabled.  The log file now has:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to open crocus: 
> /gnu/store/9pypr3c3y379shbwm9ilb4pik9mkfd83-mesa-22.2.4/lib/dri/crocus_dri.so: 
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths 
> /gnu/store/9pypr3c3y379shbwm9ilb4pik9mkfd83-mesa-22.2.4/lib/dri, suffix _dri)

Simon,

Yikes, that sounds like an annoying problem.

Based on the crocus_dri name, I think you might be experiencing a known 
problem. Fortunately, there is a fix [0] awaiting review.

[0] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/63128

Best,
Jack