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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/desktop.scm | 2 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1bbed7a72d..525b8f424f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -11090,8 +11090,8 @@ configuration would look like: (target "/boot/efi") (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))) ;for GRUB (services (modify-services %desktop-services - (slim-service-type config => - (slim-configuration + (gdm-service-type config => + (gdm-configuration (inherit config) (xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration ;for Xorg @@ -13294,7 +13294,13 @@ Package object of the Open vSwitch. Support for the X Window graphical display system---specifically Xorg---is provided by the @code{(gnu services xorg)} module. Note that there is no @code{xorg-service} procedure. Instead, the X server is -started by the @dfn{login manager}, by default SLiM. +started by the @dfn{login manager}, by default the GNOME Display Manager (GDM). + +@cindex GDM +@cindex GNOME, login manager +GDM of course allows users to log in into window managers and desktop +environments other than GNOME; for those using GNOME, GDM is required for +features such as automatic screen locking. @cindex window manager To use X11, you must install at least one @dfn{window manager}---for @@ -14406,7 +14412,7 @@ This is a list of services that builds upon @var{%base-services} and adds or adjusts services for a typical ``desktop'' setup. In particular, it adds a graphical login manager (@pxref{X Window, -@code{slim-service}}), screen lockers, a network management tool +@code{gdm-service-type}}), screen lockers, a network management tool (@pxref{Networking Services, @code{network-manager-service-type}}), energy and color management services, the @code{elogind} login and seat manager, the Polkit privilege service, the GeoClue location service, the @@ -14445,8 +14451,8 @@ functionality to work as expetected. The desktop environments in Guix use the Xorg display server by default. If you'd like to use the newer display server protocol -called Wayland, you need to use the @code{sddm-service} instead of the -@code{slim-service} for the graphical login manager. You should then +called Wayland, you need to use the @code{sddm-service} instead of +GDM as the graphical login manager. You should then select the ``GNOME (Wayland)'' session in SDDM. Alternatively you can also try starting GNOME on Wayland manually from a TTY with the command ``XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland exec dbus-run-session diff --git a/gnu/services/desktop.scm b/gnu/services/desktop.scm index da6291036f..dcab950822 100644 --- a/gnu/services/desktop.scm +++ b/gnu/services/desktop.scm @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ dispatches events from it."))) (define %desktop-services ;; List of services typically useful for a "desktop" use case. - (cons* (service slim-service-type) + (cons* (service gdm-service-type) ;; Screen lockers are a pretty useful thing and these are small. (screen-locker-service slock) |