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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add dwm.
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:28 +0200
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Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> skribis:

>> Oh, btw: could someone try to run dwm ? The machine I use to work on
>> Guix recently decided to refuse to run X, so I haven't be able to test
>> this package. I'm pretty sure it works, though, since this is a really
>> small and simple window manager.
>
> I'm willing to help if you provide detailed instructions.  How can I run
> X in Guix?  (IIRC, the server is not working.)

You can run the X server as provided by another distro, and just get dwm
to connect to that server (by setting $DISPLAY appropriately.)

Ludo=E2=80=99.