On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 01:51:21AM -0500, Brett Gilio wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to customize my the default gnome-package which gets
> installed with the gnome-desktop-service.
> 
> My strategy here has been to define a gnome-custom package in my
> config.scm which inherits the gnome package, and remove the dependencies
> that I do not use (such as gedit or nautilus).
> 
> However, I am not successful. Below is my config.scm, does anybody have
> any ideas?
> 
> --
> 
> ;; 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) (guix packages))
> (use-service-modules desktop)
> (use-package-modules certs gnome)
> 
> (define-public gnome-custom
>   (package (inherit gnome)
>     (name "gnome-custom")
>     (inputs (alist-delete "nautilus" (package-inputs gnome)))))
> 
> (define %my-gnome
>   (modify-services %desktop-services
> 		   (gnome-desktop-service-type config =>
> 					       (gnome-desktop-configuration
> 							      (gnome-package gnome-custom)))))
> 
<snip>
> 
>   ;; 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* (gnome-desktop-service)
>                    %my-gnome))

Here you still have the default gnome-desktop-service in the list, and
I'd assume you'd have a 50-50 chance of getting the right one when
logging in. I would change it to (untested!):

    (services (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type
                              config =>
                              (gnome-desktop-configuration
                                (inherit config)
                                (gnome-package gnome-custom)))
                     %desktop-services))

and just remove %my-gnome from above.
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