guix/doc
Tomas Volf 9948816819
services: xorg: Add xorg-start-command-xinit procedure.
When the user does not use any desktop environment, the typical sequence is to
log in and then type `startx' into the tty to get a window manager running.
Most distributions do provide a startx by default, but Guix has only an
xorg-start-command that is not suitable for this.

This commit adds a second procedure, xorg-start-command-xinit, that correctly
picks a virtual terminal to use, sets up XAUTHORITY and starts xinit with the
correct arguments.  That should make running Guix without a desktop
environment more approachable.

* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command-xinit): New public procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document it.

Change-Id: I17cb16093d16a5c6550b1766754700d4fe014ae9
Signed-off-by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
2024-05-30 18:23:34 +01:00
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images doc: Use "dejavu sans" instead of "Helvetica" or "sans" in dot images. 2024-04-14 10:29:07 +02:00
build.scm nls: Update translations. 2024-04-01 14:09:20 +02:00
contributing.texi configure.ac: Set default value for the 'prefix' variable. 2024-05-25 23:28:30 -04:00
environment-gdb.scm doc: Update GDB "guix shell" example to use autoconf-2.69 2023-07-18 00:41:15 +02:00
fdl-1.3.texi
guix-cookbook.texi gnu: linux: Turn %default-extra-linux-options into a procedure. 2024-05-29 22:01:23 -04:00
guix.texi services: xorg: Add xorg-start-command-xinit procedure. 2024-05-30 18:23:34 +01:00
he-config-bare-bones.scm
htmlxref.cnf nls: Update translations. 2024-04-01 14:09:20 +02:00
local.mk Revert "maint: Generate 'doc/version.texi' reproducibly." 2024-04-19 16:45:41 +02:00
package-hello.json import: Do not return package name with json importer. 2024-02-23 19:02:55 +01:00
package-hello.scm