bug#73869: Cannot start EXWM without a display manager

2024-10-19 Thread Rutherther via Bug reports for GNU Guix
> If I add the startx service, the window manager is initialized but it does > not react to any keyboard or touchpad input. > Double check the startx you are starting is coming from the service, and is not shadowed by another startx that would come from other package like xinit. You can check t

bug#73869: Cannot start EXWM without a display manager

2024-10-19 Thread Oleander via Bug reports for GNU Guix
If I add the startx service, the window manager is initialized but it does not react to any keyboard or touchpad input. I'm using this config for xorg: (service xorg-server-service-type) (set-xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout) (extra-config '("Section \"Inpu

bug#73869: Cannot start EXWM without a display manager

2024-10-19 Thread Rutherther via Bug reports for GNU Guix
That should be the minimal config, yes. You can pass the configuration to configure your keyboard layout and such. The config is very similar to gdm-service-type, but instead of giving out a display manager it gives out startx command that should be used, because it has proper paths to xorg modul

bug#73869: Cannot start EXWM without a display manager

2024-10-18 Thread Oleander via Bug reports for GNU Guix
Hi Rutherther, no, I haven't. Do I only need to add `(service startx-command-service-type)` to my services? Thank you! Original Message On Oct 18, 2024, 22:30, Rutherther wrote: > Hello Oleander, so have you used the `startx-command-service-type` to get the > proper startx co

bug#73869: Cannot start EXWM without a display manager

2024-10-18 Thread Rutherther via Bug reports for GNU Guix
Hello Oleander, so have you used the `startx-command-service-type` to get the proper startx command? Regards, Rutherther

bug#73869: Cannot start EXWM without a display manager

2024-10-18 Thread Oleander via Bug reports for GNU Guix
Hello, do we have a way to start an X window manager (EXWM in my case) without installing a display manager? The manual does not cover this subject and so far all my attempts with the suggestions I collected from the mailing list [1] [2] have failed. I tried xinit, startx or sx but nothing starts