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authorMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2018-02-14 03:40:08 -0500
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2018-02-14 03:40:08 -0500
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treeea4b5f9cc2ee4460a119101d83ecfd0a70a44fb7 /doc/guix.texi
parent870541d6a7617e127f0aa9f729fba4daa729fd91 (diff)
parent75538328c292263a0c13bef3b0058aa291aeec48 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
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@@ -12297,8 +12297,10 @@ 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
-select the ``GNOME (Wayland)'' session in SDDM. Currently only GNOME
-has support for Wayland.
+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
+gnome-session``. Currently only GNOME has support for Wayland.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} gnome-desktop-service
Return a service that adds the @code{gnome} package to the system