Re: LXDE desktop in config.scm

[znavko <znavko@protonmail.com>]

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)