From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: User-Level services Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:48:06 -0800 Message-ID: <87k1i973g9.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1549206990.3483392.1649820064.4E571E9E@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33549) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsOJJ-0007xn-3P for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:48:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsOJD-0000xr-Lv for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:48:26 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x432.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::432]:46809) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsOJ6-0000sD-Su for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:48:19 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-x432.google.com with SMTP id c73so2796486pfe.13 for ; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:48:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (John Soo's message of "Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:21:59 -0800") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: John Soo Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John Soo writes: > Hi Reza, > > I=E2=80=99m not sure this is possible right now. I recently tried making a > service which would need the x display variable and I got stuck right > about when I needed the logged in user. I would love to see it though. > > Does anyone else know? I don't think there's an easy solution that's integrated into the Guix System (formerly known as GuixSD). Instead, the best approach is to use any of "the usual" methods for starting up user processes. For example, you might use the ~/.config/autostart convention: https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/autostart-spec/ =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAlxek8YACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp3FLQ/9Gq20YkdM4AGSObjGABRXjHd0n821ST/yaRcwW5pRBrFYbvlj8h59KaOw 22Ud3/0K2oljU9quuFKTBnSfwcSxS2n4mXgtCrF5qP8kZVLfmc9FQ+hrv69HMGZo ofaWA2IrDGPVYMhrTuMzUYyReWvCE1Xq/qz/rXtB9+spz4nOWnShjQt4Cs5Ry1Wy mEfCzxFNkWNlla0yC28RcqHrlWFHDE/HUICAcQgg6Mm8iTenT5G4oUernpH6DbBN mQzvYFsbw5z3E8DG3ZTCW9M3jE5D00J0Px6k8hZCp5FnPUhEdDSnuVNWSymfbEB0 sKlTQGyBGk7e7O3iGpR3vG87H5/egJLBAAng9JtZ58eg24C86DpAYlENSGNwfMjA SD5SaPc1gX2dk4lWf8am3hxYhjZ+MrjCdw1+ak3+1UVQP2km/bMCe0d4laN7ECeN BoBYxVLkOx2IIVF1VnyXHr5PisglYN3C5c/C23iO1QPYNpE8VTzgDouSMhq89KIg /zCC3u7XofgxBfFg+Qx6RKWQq8NGYN/wBusM7ehakeAsWBSWnX+T5MHo3VDA2Uq+ VsnIvXjCOEofOYyJjznBWRt62xJOto9Z2ju9QYBEvA7nb8nPzHny2crT219RIsUy UY/Gw/SksH+qsdPoKQAmCPh3nSfL3OQzUFG1OMTuNi4fK9jW4D8= =R2eA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--