From 04e4e6ab51f271298f9a001ba5c8c6ae6426fd64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 16:26:53 +0200 Subject: doc: Document sessions and ~/.xsession for SLiM. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-service): Document session types and ~/.xsession. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Adjust accordingly. --- doc/guix.texi | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7504deab4e..b44811f3cb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4968,6 +4968,19 @@ Return a service that spawns the SLiM graphical login manager, which in turn starts the X display server with @var{startx}, a command as returned by @code{xorg-start-command}. +@cindex X session + +SLiM automatically looks for session types described by the @file{.desktop} +files in @file{/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions} and allows users +to choose a session from the log-in screen using @kbd{F1}. Packages such as +@var{xfce}, @var{sawfish}, and @var{ratpoison} provide @file{.desktop} files; +adding them to the system-wide set of packages automatically makes them +available at the log-in screen. + +In addition, @file{~/.xsession} files are honored. When available, +@file{~/.xsession} must be an executable that starts a window manager +and/or other X clients. + When @var{allow-empty-passwords?} is true, allow logins with an empty password. When @var{auto-login?} is true, log in automatically as @var{default-user}. -- cgit v1.2.3