* LXDE desktop in config.scm @ 2018-09-18 16:58 znavko 2018-09-18 21:48 ` Leo Famulari 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: znavko @ 2018-09-18 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-guix@gnu.org [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2983 bytes --] Hello! GuixSD is nice for offers to users to have own software sets in one machine. I work with Guix and need more examples on how to write system config. Please, help me to write config.scm to use LXDE desktop with Xfce. Here are presented only xfce-desktop-service, gnome-desktop-service, mate-desktop-service, but no lxde. So here https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/lxde.scm only mentioned packages, but no services. I could only add (use-modules (gnu packages lxde)) but lxde did not appeared in login screen. Pressing F1 gives nothing. Here I could not understand https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/System-Configuration.html#System-Configuration Please, how to set up lxde with xfce and make lxde default? Where can I read about this? #cat /etc/config.scm ;; This is an operating system configuration template ;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the ;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS. (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss) (gnu packages lxde) (gnu packages gnuzilla) ) (use-service-modules desktop) (use-package-modules certs gnome) (operating-system (host-name "antelope") (timezone "Europe/Moscow") (locale "en_US.utf8") ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi. (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-bootloader) (target "/dev/sda"))) ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition. ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'. ;(mapped-devices ; (list (mapped-device ; (source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-hash888abc")) ; (target "my-root") ; (type luks-device-mapping)))) (file-systems (cons (file-system (device "/dev/sda1") (mount-point "/") (type "ext4") ) %base-file-systems)) (swap-devices '("/dev/sda2")) (users (cons (user-account (name "bob") (comment "bob is good too") (group "users") (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")) (home-directory "/home/bob")) %base-user-accounts)) ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access gvfs ;for user mounts gedit icecat %base-packages)) ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with ;; NetworkManager, and more. (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) %desktop-services)) ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS. (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss)) [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 5695 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: LXDE desktop in config.scm 2018-09-18 16:58 LXDE desktop in config.scm znavko @ 2018-09-18 21:48 ` Leo Famulari 2018-09-19 8:06 ` Nils Gillmann ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Leo Famulari @ 2018-09-18 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: znavko; +Cc: help-guix@gnu.org [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1321 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 04:58:52PM +0000, znavko wrote: > Here are presented only xfce-desktop-service, gnome-desktop-service, mate-desktop-service, but no lxde. These services, which provide desktop using XFCE, GNOME, and MATE, are defined in the file 'gnu/services/desktop.scm': https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/services/desktop.scm Currently, we don't have a desktop service for LXDE. Maybe a service is not required? It's possible to use i3 without a desktop service. One just adds 'i3-wm' to the 'packages' field of their config.scm and it will be available at the login screen. > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access > gvfs ;for user mounts > gedit > icecat > %base-packages)) You could try adding lxde to that list... > > ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in > ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which > ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with > ;; NetworkManager, and more. > (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) > %desktop-services)) ... and, unless you want to use XFCE, change that to (services %desktop-services) [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: LXDE desktop in config.scm 2018-09-18 21:48 ` Leo Famulari @ 2018-09-19 8:06 ` Nils Gillmann 2018-09-19 8:37 ` Nils Gillmann 2018-09-19 20:54 ` znavko 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Nils Gillmann @ 2018-09-19 8:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leo Famulari; +Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Leo Famulari transcribed 2.3K bytes: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 04:58:52PM +0000, znavko wrote: > > Here are presented only xfce-desktop-service, gnome-desktop-service, mate-desktop-service, but no lxde. > > These services, which provide desktop using XFCE, GNOME, and MATE, are > defined in the file 'gnu/services/desktop.scm': > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/services/desktop.scm > > Currently, we don't have a desktop service for LXDE. > > Maybe a service is not required? It's possible to use i3 without a > desktop service. One just adds 'i3-wm' to the 'packages' field of their > config.scm and it will be available at the login screen. > > > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > > (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access > > gvfs ;for user mounts > > gedit > > icecat > > %base-packages)) > > You could try adding lxde to that list... As far as I know we don't even have a functional LXDE stack? I've been working slowly on lxde + lxqt, none of them in a state where you can log into it. > > > > ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in > > ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which > > ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with > > ;; NetworkManager, and more. > > (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) > > %desktop-services)) > > ... and, unless you want to use XFCE, change that to (services > %desktop-services) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: LXDE desktop in config.scm 2018-09-18 21:48 ` Leo Famulari 2018-09-19 8:06 ` Nils Gillmann @ 2018-09-19 8:37 ` Nils Gillmann 2018-09-19 20:54 ` znavko 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Nils Gillmann @ 2018-09-19 8:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leo Famulari; +Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Nevermind my last email, I got a bit mixed up between lxqt and lxde. (Oops, I even added 'lxde' myself) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: LXDE desktop in config.scm 2018-09-18 21:48 ` Leo Famulari 2018-09-19 8:06 ` Nils Gillmann 2018-09-19 8:37 ` Nils Gillmann @ 2018-09-19 20:54 ` znavko 2018-09-23 16:26 ` Nils Gillmann 2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: znavko @ 2018-09-19 20:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leo Famulari; +Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Thank you very much, Leo Famulari! Yes, only 2 changes in config make my system offers LXDE on login screen. These: adding to (use-modules (gnu packages lxde)) and adding to (packages (cons* lxde)) But I have 4 troubles now. First is that I have all DEs installed now, but I want only Xfce and LXDE. I have 5 elements on login screen now: - Xfce, as it was - KDE, - LXDE, as I wanted to add - Gnome - Openbox Sorry, why? I do not need KDE, Gnome. I thought this config only adds LXDE. Please, what is wrong in my config? I only added lxde, gedit, icecat to (packages) list and (gnu packages lxde), (gnu packages gnuzilla) to (use-modules) list. # cat /etc/config.scm ;; This is an operating system configuration template ;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the ;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS. (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss) (gnu packages lxde) (gnu packages gnuzilla) ) (use-service-modules desktop) (use-package-modules certs gnome) (operating-system (host-name "antelope") (timezone "Europe/Moscow") (locale "en_US.utf8") ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi. (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-bootloader) (target "/dev/sda"))) ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition. ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'. ;(mapped-devices ; (list (mapped-device ; (source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-hash888abc")) ; (target "my-root") ; (type luks-device-mapping)))) (file-systems (cons (file-system (device "/dev/sda1") (mount-point "/") (type "ext4") ) %base-file-systems)) (swap-devices '("/dev/sda2")) (users (cons (user-account (name "bob") (comment "bob is good too") (group "users") (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")) (home-directory "/home/bob")) %base-user-accounts)) ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access gvfs ;for user mounts gedit icecat lxde %base-packages)) ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with ;; NetworkManager, and more. (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) %desktop-services)) ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS. (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss)) The second problem is that in LXDE I cannot switch keyboard to another language. I added applet 'Keyboard handler', configured it not to use system configurations, added russian (and turkish to try), checked Left-Win and also Alt-Shift for switch, but no keyboard keys, no mouse clicks to flag nothing giving effect. I have only US keyboard. How to figure? May be, I need to add other packages to config.scm like lxde-common, lxpannel, lxinput? The third problem, when I add applet Volume control it does not appears. I need something else to add to config? In Xfce I had nice pavucontrol applet on a panel. Th fourth is that on Xfce and LXDE I have no menu icons in video players, also in xfce-terminal: http://0x0.st/sxlH.png http://0x0.st/sxkQ.png What to do? I ask this cause last `guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm` worked too long on my Lenovo G50-30 and I need exact instructions that were never described specially for me. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ среда, сентябрь 19, 2018 12:48 ночи, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> пишет: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 04:58:52PM +0000, znavko wrote: > > > Here are presented only xfce-desktop-service, gnome-desktop-service, mate-desktop-service, but no lxde. > > These services, which provide desktop using XFCE, GNOME, and MATE, are > defined in the file 'gnu/services/desktop.scm': > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/services/desktop.scm > > Currently, we don't have a desktop service for LXDE. > > Maybe a service is not required? It's possible to use i3 without a > desktop service. One just adds 'i3-wm' to the 'packages' field of their > config.scm and it will be available at the login screen. > > > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > > (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access > > gvfs ;for user mounts > > gedit > > icecat > > %base-packages)) > > You could try adding lxde to that list... > > > ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in > > ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which > > ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with > > ;; NetworkManager, and more. > > (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) > > %desktop-services)) > > ... and, unless you want to use XFCE, change that to (services > %desktop-services) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: LXDE desktop in config.scm 2018-09-19 20:54 ` znavko @ 2018-09-23 16:26 ` Nils Gillmann 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Nils Gillmann @ 2018-09-23 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: znavko; +Cc: help-guix@gnu.org znavko transcribed 5.3K bytes: > Thank you very much, Leo Famulari! Yes, only 2 changes in config make my system offers LXDE on login screen. These: > adding to (use-modules (gnu packages lxde)) > and adding to (packages (cons* lxde)) > But I have 4 troubles now. > First is that I have all DEs installed now, but I want only Xfce and LXDE. > I have 5 elements on login screen now: > - Xfce, as it was > - KDE, > - LXDE, as I wanted to add > - Gnome > - Openbox > Sorry, why? I do not need KDE, Gnome. I thought this config only adds LXDE. Please, what is wrong in my config? I only added lxde, gedit, icecat to (packages) list and (gnu packages lxde), (gnu packages gnuzilla) to (use-modules) list. I think KDE and GNOME appear (but you won't be able to use them iirc since you don't have them) because LXDE in theory can be used with other DMs. I never tested this capability in GuixSD and doubt that it will work since I only cared about LXDE alone when I packaged this. Just regard it as a sideeffect which should eventually get fixed. If it bothers you too much, report a bug about it. If you want to know why this happens: SLIM (or whatever login manager you use) detects any .desktop file in a certain location. LXDE provides these .desktop files. > > # cat /etc/config.scm > ;; This is an operating system configuration template > ;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the > ;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS. > > (use-modules (gnu) > (gnu system nss) > (gnu packages lxde) > (gnu packages gnuzilla) > ) > (use-service-modules desktop) > (use-package-modules certs gnome) > > (operating-system > (host-name "antelope") > (timezone "Europe/Moscow") > (locale "en_US.utf8") > > ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System > ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi. > (bootloader (bootloader-configuration > (bootloader grub-bootloader) > (target "/dev/sda"))) > > ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition. > ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'. > ;(mapped-devices > ; (list (mapped-device > ; (source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-hash888abc")) > ; (target "my-root") > ; (type luks-device-mapping)))) > > (file-systems (cons (file-system > (device "/dev/sda1") > (mount-point "/") > (type "ext4") > ) > %base-file-systems)) > > (swap-devices '("/dev/sda2")) > > (users (cons (user-account > (name "bob") > (comment "bob is good too") > (group "users") > (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" > "audio" "video")) > (home-directory "/home/bob")) > %base-user-accounts)) > > > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access > gvfs ;for user mounts > gedit > icecat > lxde > %base-packages)) > > ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in > ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which > ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with > ;; NetworkManager, and more. > (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) > %desktop-services)) > > ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS. > (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss)) > > > The second problem is that in LXDE I cannot switch keyboard to another language. I added applet 'Keyboard handler', configured it not to use system configurations, added russian (and turkish to try), checked Left-Win and also Alt-Shift for switch, but no keyboard keys, no mouse clicks to flag nothing giving effect. I have only US keyboard. How to figure? May be, I need to add other packages to config.scm like lxde-common, lxpannel, lxinput? > > The third problem, when I add applet Volume control it does not appears. I need something else to add to config? In Xfce I had nice pavucontrol applet on a panel. > > Th fourth is that on Xfce and LXDE I have no menu icons in video players, also in xfce-terminal: http://0x0.st/sxlH.png http://0x0.st/sxkQ.png What to do? > > I ask this cause last `guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm` worked too long on my Lenovo G50-30 and I need exact instructions that were never described specially for me. > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > среда, сентябрь 19, 2018 12:48 ночи, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> пишет: > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 04:58:52PM +0000, znavko wrote: > > > > > Here are presented only xfce-desktop-service, gnome-desktop-service, mate-desktop-service, but no lxde. > > > > These services, which provide desktop using XFCE, GNOME, and MATE, are > > defined in the file 'gnu/services/desktop.scm': > > > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/services/desktop.scm > > > > Currently, we don't have a desktop service for LXDE. > > > > Maybe a service is not required? It's possible to use i3 without a > > desktop service. One just adds 'i3-wm' to the 'packages' field of their > > config.scm and it will be available at the login screen. > > > > > ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. > > > (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access > > > gvfs ;for user mounts > > > gedit > > > icecat > > > %base-packages)) > > > > You could try adding lxde to that list... > > > > > ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in > > > ;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which > > > ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with > > > ;; NetworkManager, and more. > > > (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service) > > > %desktop-services)) > > > > ... and, unless you want to use XFCE, change that to (services > > %desktop-services) > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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