From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: How to start Xorg server with startx Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:21:59 +0300 Message-ID: <871s48eoi0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20190212045352.3krkrry3bfjsfpue@WaraToNora> <87d0nu7idq.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47254) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gumTA-0000dy-4p for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:00:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gumT7-00046J-Ud for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:00:31 -0500 Received: from mail-lj1-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::229]:41117) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gul0n-0005zV-IT for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:27:09 -0500 Received: by mail-lj1-x229.google.com with SMTP id z25so1737186ljk.8 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:27:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87d0nu7idq.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2019 02:51:29 -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: Chris Marusich Cc: help-guix Chris Marusich (2019-02-14 02:51 -0800) wrote: > I don't use startx, so I don't know enough to answer this question. > Maybe someone else can help? There is a tutorial on how "xinit" can be used on GuixSD: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2018-07/msg00080.html Perhaps it misses some details, but overall it should be workable. IIRC the main missing point is that your user should be added to "input" and "tty" groups. -- Alex