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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-05-21 18:02:01 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-05-21 21:33:18 +0200
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services: xorg: Make 'xorg-configuration-file' public.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-configuration-file): New procedure, with code formerly in 'xorg-start-command'. (xorg-start-command): Remove #:drivers and #:resolutions; add #:configuration-file; use it as well as 'xorg-configuration-file'.
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@@ -5250,13 +5250,23 @@ The G-Expression denoting the default SLiM theme and its name.
@end defvr
@deffn {Monadic Procedure} xorg-start-command [#:guile] @
- [#:drivers '()] [#:resolutions '()] [#:xorg-server @var{xorg-server}]
+ [#:configuration-file #f] [#: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.
+from @var{xorg-server}. @var{configuration-file} is the server configuration
+file or a derivation that builds it; when omitted, the result of
+@code{xorg-configuration-file} is used.
+
+Usually the X server is started by a login manager.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} xorg-configuration-file @
+ [#:drivers '()] [#:resolutions '()]
+Return a configuration file for the Xorg server containing search paths for
+all the common drivers.
@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")}.
+this order---e.g., @code{(\"modesetting\" \"vesa\")}.
Likewise, when @var{resolutions} is the empty list, Xorg chooses an
appropriate screen resolution; otherwise, it must be a list of