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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-06 23:20:53 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-07 00:00:08 +0100
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services: xorg: Allow users to specify the drivers to use.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command): Add #:drivers parameter. Add 'device-section' procedure, and use it in 'xserver.conf'. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document it.
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@@ -3953,6 +3953,15 @@ password. When @var{auto-login?} is true, log in automatically as
@var{default-user}.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} xorg-start-command [#:guile] @
+ [#:drivers '()] [#:xorg-server @var{xorg-server}]
+Return a derivation that builds a @var{guile} script to start the X server
+from @var{xorg-server}. Usually the X server is started by a login manager.
+
+@var{drivers} must be either the empty list, in which case Xorg chooses a
+graphics driver automatically, or a list of driver names that will be tried in
+this order---e.g., @code{("modesetting" "vesa")}.
+@end deffn
@node Setuid Programs
@subsection Setuid Programs