Re: Could anyone using EXWM share their guix config?

[indieterminacy <indieterminacy@libre.brussels>]

Hello Oleander,

On 2024-09-14 15:18, Oleander via wrote:
> How do you start EXWM automatically on tty login (without a display 
> manager), enable audio, adjust brightness and what packages are 
> required for a complete Xorg installation?
> 

Ive been having a go at this myself over the weekend but admittedly I 
havent resolved it yet (my screen and keyboard froze).

Ive been hacking from these two configs (the second of which uses SX, 
rather than Startx):
https://github.com/jsoo1/dotfiles/blob/release/guix/config.scm
https://codeberg.org/tuff-engin/GuixConfigurationSkeleton

I had recalled some mails regarding advances.
It seems that Tomas Volf's patches have made the procedure more 
tangible:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68289
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/gnu/services/xorg.scm?id=9948816819e0af23587d75701ba81d797ef7ea29
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/gnu/services/xorg.scm?id=e51a930c5c5a8609b8656bf997ec853cc04391e7
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/gnu/home/services/desktop.scm?id=8144c587f89641d5976d5b3832297d391d489fbd

The documentation is currently only in the branch Devel (I dont know if 
that means it is currently in conventional OSes):
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/X-Window.html
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Desktop-Home-Services.html

Ill have a go at resolving this but Im only (finally) getting used to 
Home services,
so I may take some wrong paths.

I find it a little disapointing that there arent examples for this 
functionality,
so that somebody can dive in without being an expert.
Even a pointer to a dotfiles with the new functionality would be swell.

Hopefully Ill resolve my own misunderstanding soon.

Hopefully I merely need to write a config file and then point to it.

Should this info help Id love to examine your config(s)!

I do love EXWM though and cherish avoid GUIs to login (and all the cruft 
those setups entail) -- dont lose hope, its worth it!

Kind regards,


Jonathan