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dkim=pass header.d=disroot.org header.s=mail header.b=iE5vOosR; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 057F91B4E6 X-Spam-Score: -2.62 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: +VUP+6TU9EKO Gary Johnson writes: > I run EXWM under Guix System. It is good to hear that someone else is able to successfully use EXWM with Guix. > You don't need to manually start Xorg > with xinit, startx, or any other command. First, make sure that you are > installing emacs and emacs-exwm into your packages list. Also make sure > that your services list includes %desktop-services. Here's a skeleton > operating-system definition to build off of: > > (operating-system > ... > (packages (cons* nss-certs ; HTTPS access > emacs > emacs-exwm > %base-packages)) > > (services (cons* whatever-else > you-want > %desktop-services))) > > Start by installing this operating-system definition with the usual > `sudo guix system reconfigure my-config.scm`. > > Then update your $HOME/.xsession file to include this at the end: > > # Start Emacs with the script here: /run/current-system/profile/bin/exwm > exwm > > Finally, update $HOME/.exwm to include all your EXWM-specific Emacs Lisp > code. > > When you reboot your machine, you'll be presented with a simple > graphical login screen. Just type in your username and password for the > user account with the updated $HOME/.xsession and $HOME/exwm files and > log in. X will start up, your $HOME/.xsession file will be read, which > will launch exwm. This will start up a full screen emacs instance that > evaluates your $HOME/.exwm file and then your $HOME/.emacs.d/init.el > file. > > That's all there is to it. Now you've got a fully graphically enabled > Emacs instance running as a tiling window manager over X. Thank you for the detailed instructions. When I follow the instruction and boot I am taken to vt7 which has only a blinking cursor. I never get a graphical login for X. The system is responsive and I can switch to other virtual terminals. On vt1 there is output like this: New session c1 of user gdm. Removed session c1. New session c2 of user gdm. Removed session c2. New session c3 of user gdm. Removed session c3. ...