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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-03-28 23:03:11 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-03-28 23:06:59 +0100
commit357b287b8f083e8b078da4a3246e0bad4ef199ac (patch)
tree12b51ad1779b8f938ee9f1922a6e51d2cb20028f /doc
parent971e6560eb7b852ccc30d0891c2b7d26e5d0971a (diff)
services: desktop: Switch to GDM.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (%desktop-services): Replace SLIM-SERVICE-TYPE instance with an instance of GDM-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Change example to mention GDM-SERVICE-TYPE. (X Window): Mention GDM. (Desktop Services): Adjust references to SLiM.
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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