Hi Simon, Simon Tournier <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Maxim, > > On ven., 17 mai 2024 at 23:10, Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Just to be sure, do you have default XDG_* environment variables as >> configured by guix-install.sh: > > Hum, no I did not have all these default. It had been introduced after > my install of Guix, I guess. :-) > >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> export >> XCURSOR_PATH="${XCURSOR_PATH:-/usr/local/share/icons:/usr/share/icons}" >> export XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}" >> export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}" >> export XDG_STATE_HOME="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}" >> export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/}" >> export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}" >> export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}", >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> I think their absence used to cause this sort of behavior, since Guix >> setting it to something would wholly override the distribution-provided >> files. > > Maybe we could add a short paragraph/section about that XDG_* variables > under (guix) Application Setup [1]. Although etc/guix-install.sh > already does the correct thing, it could be helpful if people tweak > stuff, I mean, always good to shortly document typical annoyances. :-) > > 1: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Application-Setup That'd be a welcome improvement! It'd be nice before if you could confirm/infirm whether this was truly the issue, if you still have access to the VM. -- Thanks, Maxim
