[Nix-dev] Can't launch XFCE from SDDM?

2017-03-05 Thread Karn Kallio
The treats the exec argument of the .desktop files not as a command but as a parameter to pass to the session command. For SDDM this can be observed in the file src/helper/UserSession.cpp. The NixOS xsession has been modified to handle this difference as a special case. The same thing happens w

Re: [Nix-dev] Can't launch XFCE from SDDM?

2017-03-05 Thread Herwig Hochleitner
SDDM and GDM are problematic with alternative desktops for me as well. I'd recommend lightdm. ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev

Re: [Nix-dev] Can't launch XFCE from SDDM?

2017-03-05 Thread David Izquierdo
SDDM is problematic to me with i3 too. Right now, if I try to login to i3 via SDDM I'm returned to SDDM (I don't have plasma enabled). Logs didn't look like anything was wrong to me. On 05/03/17 04:38, laverne wrote: Hi, I have the following lines in my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix s

[Nix-dev] Can't launch XFCE from SDDM?

2017-03-04 Thread laverne
Hi, I have the following lines in my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true; services.xserver.desktopManager.kde5.enable = true; I just tried *adding* this one: services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.enable = true; and then `nixos-rebuild