From 75538328c292263a0c13bef3b0058aa291aeec48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:45:52 +0100
Subject: doc: Mention starting GNOME on Wayland manually.
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Mention starting GNOME on Wayland manually.
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doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
(limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 13187f2e82..08f531b4ec 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -12297,8 +12297,10 @@ The desktop environments in Guix use the Xorg display server by
default. If you'd like to use the newer display server protocol
called Wayland, you need to use the @code{sddm-service} instead of the
@code{slim-service} for the graphical login manager. You should then
-select the ``GNOME (Wayland)'' session in SDDM. Currently only GNOME
-has support for Wayland.
+select the ``GNOME (Wayland)'' session in SDDM. Alternatively you can
+also try starting GNOME on Wayland manually from a TTY with the
+command ``XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland exec dbus-run-session
+gnome-session``. Currently only GNOME has support for Wayland.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} gnome-desktop-service
Return a service that adds the @code{gnome} package to the system
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