From d7d049fdcd80e27a42b31766890f589f482a4f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:08:04 +0100 Subject: services: kmsconf: Load GNU Freefont. This provides glyphs for additional fonts such as Amharic that were otherwise missing. Fixes . Reported by Wolf . * gnu/services/base.scm (kmscon-service-type): In 'start' method, pass #:environment-variables to set 'XDG_DATA_DIRS'. --- gnu/services/base.scm | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 2b1974d77e..565e8d9e98 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ (define-module (gnu services base) #:select (dosfstools)) #:use-module ((gnu packages file-systems) #:select (bcachefs-tools exfat-utils jfsutils zfs)) + #:use-module (gnu packages fonts) #:use-module (gnu packages terminals) #:use-module ((gnu packages wm) #:select (sway)) #:use-module ((gnu build file-systems) @@ -2487,7 +2488,15 @@ (define kmscon-command (documentation "kmscon virtual terminal") (requirement '(user-processes udev dbus-system)) (provision (list (symbol-append 'term- (string->symbol virtual-terminal)))) - (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor #$kmscon-command)) + (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor + #$kmscon-command + + ;; The installer needs to be able to display glyphs from + ;; various scripts, so give it access to freefont. + ;; TODO: Make this configurable. + #:environment-variables + (list (string-append "XDG_DATA_DIRS=" + #$font-gnu-freefont "/share")))) (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))) (description "Start the @command{kmscon} virtual terminal emulator for the Linux @dfn{kernel mode setting} (KMS)."))) -- cgit v1.2.3