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From: "Alex Griffin" <a@ajgrf.com>
Subject: Re: SLiM graphical login manager and keyboard layout
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:55:13 -0500
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For security reasons, GDM is highly recommended even if you don't use GN=
OME. As far as I know, it's the only currently maintained display manage=
r that doesn't run X as root.

--=20
Alex Griffin

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019, at 7:33 AM, Tanguy Le Carrour wrote:
> Hi Guix!
>=20
> I'm not a Gnome user and I would like to get rid of GDM and use SLiM
> instead.
>=20
> I'm struggling to set the keyboard layout as, apparently,
> slim-service-type is not supposed to be extended as gdm-service-type i=
s.
>=20
> I guess it's only a matter of copying (and adapting) the `(extend =E2=80=
=A6)` and
> `(compose =E2=80=A6)` blocks from `gdm-service-type` to `slim-service-=
type`. But it's
> just a guess. I've tried to define `my-slim-service-type` in my system=
 config,
> but failed!
>=20
> Any help will be welcome!
>=20
> --=20
> Tanguy
>=20
>