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slim-service takes undocumented parameter and behaves surprisingly on auto-login

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
Subject: bug#22835: closed (Close)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:24:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#22835: slim-service takes undocumented parameter and behaves surprisingly on auto-login

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: 22835-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Close
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:23:49 +0100

This can probably be closed, as nobody really remembers any more
what it is about.

Andreas

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From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Autologin
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 00:14:53 +0100

Hello,

I am trying to create a configuration using slim-service with autologin.

Looking at the code in gnu/services/xorg.scm, I find the following definition:
(define* (slim-service #:key (slim slim)
                       (allow-empty-passwords? #t) auto-login?
                       (default-user "")
                       (theme %default-slim-theme)
                       (theme-name %default-slim-theme-name)
                       (xauth xauth) (shepherd shepherd) (bash bash)
                       (auto-login-session #~(string-append #$windowmaker
                                                            "/bin/wmaker"))
                       (startx (xorg-start-command)))

The parameter auto-login-session is not documented in guix.texi.

It also is a bit surprising; since I had added only xfce to my packages,
I expected this to start. Or is this impossible to realise?

Andreas

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