Subject: Re: sddm does not start after update to 0.20.0

From: Feng Shu <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:41:32 +0800

Jonathan Brielmaier <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi tumashu,
>
> Am 05.02.24 um 23:45 schrieb tumashu:
>> (display-server "wayland")
>>
>> remove this line, at the moment, sddm-service-type do not support this feature, for waston is not configure properly
>
> Thanks for that super fast response! Indeed this was the trick, sddm
> works now again without setting the display-server to wayland.
>
> I wonder what we could do in the mean time to save other users from this
> pitfall?
>
> Would it make sense to deprecate the `display-server` configuration
> parameter in order to always default to xorg?
>
> Or maybe just add a note to the manual:
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#index-sddm_002dconfiguration

I think, we should let sddm-service-type create the below config:

    CompositorCommand=
    Path of the compositor to execute when starting the greeter. Default value is "weston --shell=fullscreen-shell.so".

> ~Jonathan

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