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authorJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2019-02-15 19:13:55 +0100
committerJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2019-02-17 08:48:49 +0100
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services: xorg: Enable override of xserver-arguments.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command): Add parameter #:xserver-arguments. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document it.
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Chris Marusich@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 John Darrington@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Nils Gillmann@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Christopher Baines@*
@@ -13140,6 +13140,7 @@ type @code{<sddm-configuration>}.
[#:fonts %default-xorg-fonts] @
[#:configuration-file (xorg-configuration-file @dots{})] @
[#:xorg-server @var{xorg-server}]
+ [#:xserver-arguments '("-nolisten" "tcp")]
Return a @code{startx} script in which @var{modules}, a list of X module
packages, and @var{fonts}, a list of X font directories, are available. See
@code{xorg-wrapper} for more details on the arguments. The result should be
@@ -13148,6 +13149,22 @@ used in place of @code{startx}.
Usually the X server is started by a login manager.
@end deffn
+@cindex @code{-listen tcp}, for X11.
+This procedure is useful to override command line options for the X server,
+such as having it listen to over TCP:
+
+@example
+(operating-system
+ ...
+ (services
+ (modify-services %desktop-services
+ (slim-service-type config =>
+ (slim-configuration
+ (inherit config)
+ (startx (xorg-start-command
+ #:xserver-arguments '("-listen" "tcp"))))))))
+@end example
+
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} xorg-configuration-file @
[#:modules %default-xorg-modules] @
[#:fonts %default-xorg-fonts] @