Re: lightdm updates need to review.

[jbranso@dismail.de]

January 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM, "Feng Shu" <tumashu@163.com mailto:tumashu@163.com?to=%22Feng%20Shu%22%20%3Ctumashu%40163.com%3E > wrote:



> 
> jbranso@dismail.de mailto:jbranso@dismail.de  writes:
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> > 
> > Thanks for the submission Feng!
> > 
> >  Just a couple of things:
> > 
> >  1) Try to send your email as plaintext, not html. Most developers prefer 
> >  plaintext emails. :)
> > 
> OK, :-)
> 
> > 
> > 2) I would encourage you to read this webpage: 
> >  https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Submitting-Patches.html
> > 
> >  Essentially you should submit patches with "git send-email"
> >  ( https://git-send-email.io/ ), and you should submit patches to:
> >  guix-patches@gnu.org . Guix devel does not create an bug report.
> >  BUT guix-patches@gnu.org will create a correspending bug report at
> >  issues.guix.gnu.org.
> > 
> >  Thanks again for helping guix!
> > 
> Yes, all patches has been sent to guix-patches@gnu.org, see below:
> 
> 1. https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75048
> 2. https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75043
> 3. https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75417
> 4. https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75186

Ok you are way ahead of me!  I wish there was more that I could do
to help you out.  Best of luck!

> > Joshua
> >  A very helpful elf
> > 
> >  January 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM, "Feng Shu" <tumashu@163.com mailto:tumashu@163.com?to=%22Feng%20Shu%22%20%3Ctumashu%40163.com%3E > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >  
> > >  I have try many display-manager in guix: gdm, sddm, slim and lightdm,
> > >  and finally find lightdm is very comfortable to use after it fix session
> > >  menu dispear problem in gux:
> > >  
> > >  1. it start very fast.
> > >  2. lightdm-gtk-greeter can change font, background easy.
> > >  3. it can support other greeters.
> > >  
> > >  I have send the below patches, please review them if someone have time,
> > >  thanks,
> > >  
> > >  1. Add lightdm-greeter-general-configuration and simplify code
> > >  
> > >  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75048> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75048%3E  
> > >  with this configuration, user can use other greeter, for example:
> > >  slick-greeter, lightdm-mini-greeter, lightdm-tiny-greeter or
> > >  lightdm-pantheon-greeter easily.
> > >  
> > >  2. Add slick-greeter
> > >  
> > >  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75043> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75043%3E  
> > >  3. Add lightdm-tiny-greeter
> > >  
> > >  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75417> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75417%3E  
> > >  4. Add lightdm-pantheon-greeter 
> > >  
> > >  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75186> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75186%3E  
> > >  For I use xfce4, so I just package some greeter using gtk, and do not
> > >  package greeter using qt, if someone interesting, can try :-)
> > >  
> > >  the below is lightdm configuration to test:
> > >  
> > >  ```
> > >  (service lightdm-service-type
> > >  (lightdm-configuration
> > >  (greeters
> > >  (list (lightdm-greeter-general-configuration
> > >  (greeter-package slick-greeter)
> > >  (greeter-session-name "slick-greeter")
> > >  (greeter-config-name "slick-greeter.conf")
> > >  (config (list "[Greeter]"
> > >  "font-name = San 12"
> > >  "background = /run/current-system/profile/share/backgrounds/guix/guix-checkered-16-9.svg")))
> > >  (lightdm-greeter-general-configuration
> > >  (greeter-package lightdm-mini-greeter)
> > >  (greeter-session-name "lightdm-mini-greeter")
> > >  (greeter-config-name "lightdm-mini-greeter.conf")
> > >  (config (list "[greeter]"
> > >  "user = guest"
> > >  "[greeter-hotkeys]"
> > >  "mod-key = control"
> > >  "session-key = e")))
> > >  (lightdm-greeter-general-configuration
> > >  (greeter-package (customize-lightdm-tiny-greeter #:session "icewm"))
> > >  (greeter-session-name "lightdm-tiny-greeter")
> > >  (greeter-config-name "lightdm-tiny-greeter.conf")
> > >  (config (list "## Lightdm-mini-greeter have no config, ignore it!")))
> > >  (lightdm-greeter-general-configuration)
> > >  (lightdm-gtk-greeter-configuration
> > >  (lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-gee)
> > >  (extra-config
> > >  (list "font-name = San 10"
> > >  "icon-size = 64"
> > >  "xft-dpi = 140"
> > >  "clock-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
> > >  ;; We need to use "~~" to generate a tilde, for
> > >  ;; extra-config sting will be handle as
> > >  ;; control-string of format function.
> > >  "indicators = ~~host;~~spacer;~~session;~~a11y;~~clock;~~power")))))
> > >  (seats
> > >  (list (lightdm-seat-configuration
> > >  (name "*")
> > >  (greeter-session 'lightdm-tiny-greeter))))
> > >  
> > >  (xorg-configuration
> > >  (xorg-configuration
> > >  ;; The QXL virtual GPU driver is added to provide a better
> > >  ;; SPICE experience.
> > >  (modules (cons xf86-video-qxl
> > >  %default-xorg-modules))
> > >  (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)
> > >  (server-arguments
> > >  (append %default-xorg-server-arguments
> > >  '("-dpi" "140")))))))
> > >  
> > >  ```
> > >  
> > >  --
> > >
> > 
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