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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-24 19:38:50 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-24 23:02:26 +0200
commit47b73c34f0ac1fbe2cacb9233e7e41cdcfef9caf (patch)
tree51266d00bef54cfd3bfb36eb490b54a65e595984 /gnu/services
parentda9c810280c66b3c71699131fb09820cd0b275cf (diff)
downloadguix-47b73c34f0ac1fbe2cacb9233e7e41cdcfef9caf.tar.gz
services: xorg: Remove /var/run/slim.lock when starting.
Reported by Mark H. Weaver.

* gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-service)[start]: Remove /var/run/slim.lock
  before starting 'slim'.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services')
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/xorg.scm13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index 7ca0d3f7db..04d1296edc 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -146,10 +146,15 @@ reboot_cmd " dmd "/sbin/reboot
       (provision '(xorg-server))
       (requirement '(user-processes host-name udev))
       (start
-       #~(make-forkexec-constructor
-          (list (string-append #$slim "/bin/slim") "-nodaemon")
-          #:environment-variables
-          (list (string-append "SLIM_CFGFILE=" #$slim.cfg))))
+       #~(lambda ()
+           ;; A stale lock file can prevent SLiM from starting, so remove it
+           ;; to be on the safe side.
+           (false-if-exception (delete-file "/var/run/slim.lock"))
+
+           (fork+exec-command
+            (list (string-append #$slim "/bin/slim") "-nodaemon")
+            #:environment-variables
+            (list (string-append "SLIM_CFGFILE=" #$slim.cfg)))))
       (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
       (respawn? #t)
       (pam-services