Re: How to install a GuixSD desktop?

[maze@strahlungsfrei.de]

Am 2017-08-04 23:49, schrieb Mekeor Melire:
> Welcome to Guix-community, Martin!

Thanks for the warm welcome!

> I use slim as login-manager which is GuixSD's default.  I modified the
> xorg-configuration in my system-configuration like this:
> 
>     (slim-service
>         #:startx (xorg-start-command
>             #:configuration-file (xorg-configuration-file
>                 #:extra-config (list
>                     ;; touchpad
>                     "Section \"InputClass\""
>                     "  Identifier \"touchpad catchall\""
>                     "  Driver \"synaptics\""
>                     "  MatchIsTouchpad \"on\""
>                     "  Option \"MaxTapMove\" \"231\""
>                     ;; natural scrolling
>                     "  Option \"VertScrollDelta\" \"-200\""
>                     "  Option \"HorizScrollDelta\" \"-200\""
>                     "  Option \"HorizTwoFingerScroll\" \"1\""
>                     "  Option \"TouchpadOff\" \"0\""
>                     "  Option \"TapButton1\" \"1\""
>                     "  Option \"TapButton2\" \"2\""
>                     "EndSection"))))

Right, that at least allows using tap-to-click. But it still prevents me 
from using libinput-gestures[¹] for multi-touch gestures.

That's why I tried forcing the touchpad to use the libinput driver 
through an additional configuration block similar to yours. But that 
doesn't work - the synaptics driver is taking control of the touchpad 
nonetheless. So I have to get rid of the synaptics driver altogether.

I really think the xf86-synaptics driver can be removed altogether. 
libinput's touchpad support has become very good, if not superior, over 
the last years.

> 
>> 3) I need to develop a few new packages for my needs. Is there a way 
>> to
>> add additional package sources so I can conveniently use my own 
>> packages
>> alongside the ones provides in the official Guix repo?
> 
> Yes. Use the GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH variable which is documented in the
> manual, in chapter 6.6:
> 
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Package-Modules.html#Package-Modules
> 
> 
> Good luck!

Thanks!

[1] https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures