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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/xorg.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm index 6200fa302a..c5a1a0d423 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)))) |