civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 3eda8dd614fb1c1b44ce85fdaedcbe06245069ba
Author: Timothy Sample <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Nov 1 22:12:52 2017 -0400
services: gdm: Add environment variables.
While not an optimal solution (see comment), this makes GDM functional.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (gdm-shepherd-service): Set PATH and XDG_DATA_DIRS
environment variables.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
---
gnu/services/xorg.scm | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index 6200fa3..c5a1a0d 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -573,7 +573,14 @@ makes the good ol' XlockMore usable."
#:environment-variables
(list (string-append
"GDM_X_SERVER="
- #$(gdm-configuration-x-server config))))))
+ #$(gdm-configuration-x-server config))
+ ;; XXX: GDM requires access to a handful of
+ ;; programs and components from Gnome (gnome-shell,
+ ;; dbus, and gnome-session among others). The
+ ;; following variables only work provided Gnome is
+ ;; installed.
+ "XDG_DATA_DIRS=/run/current-system/profile/share"
+ "PATH=/run/current-system/profile/bin"))))
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
(respawn? #t))))
