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nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/startx.nix

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{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
let
cfg = config.services.xserver.displayManager.startx;
# WM session script
# Note: this assumes a single WM has been enabled
sessionScript = lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (
i: i.start
) config.services.xserver.windowManager.session;
in
{
###### interface
options = {
services.xserver.displayManager.startx = {
enable = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to enable the dummy "startx" pseudo-display manager, which
allows users to start X manually via the `startx` command from a
virtual terminal.
::: {.note}
The X server will run under the current user, not as root.
:::
'';
};
generateScript = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to generate the system-wide xinitrc script (/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc).
This script will take care of setting up the session for systemd user
services, running the window manager and cleaning up on exit.
::: {.note}
This script will only be used by `startx` when both `.xinitrc` does not
exists and the `XINITRC` environment variable is unset.
:::
'';
};
extraCommands = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.lines;
default = "";
description = ''
Shell commands to be added to the system-wide xinitrc script.
'';
};
};
};
###### implementation
config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
services.xserver.exportConfiguration = true;
# Other displayManagers log to /dev/null because they're services and put
# Xorg's stdout in the journal
#
# To send log to Xorg's default log location ($XDG_DATA_HOME/xorg/), we do
# not specify a log file when running X
services.xserver.logFile = lib.mkDefault null;
# Implement xserverArgs via xinit's system-wide xserverrc
environment.etc."X11/xinit/xserverrc".source = pkgs.writeShellScript "xserverrc" ''
exec ${pkgs.xorg.xorgserver}/bin/X \
${toString config.services.xserver.displayManager.xserverArgs} "$@"
'';
# Add a sane system-wide xinitrc script
environment.etc."X11/xinit/xinitrc" = lib.mkIf cfg.generateScript {
source = pkgs.writeShellScript "xinitrc" ''
${cfg.extraCommands}
# start user services
systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY XDG_SESSION_ID
systemctl --user start nixos-fake-graphical-session.target
# run the window manager script
${sessionScript}
wait $waitPID
# stop services and all subprocesses
systemctl --user stop nixos-fake-graphical-session.target
kill 0
'';
};
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ xorg.xinit ];
# Make graphical-session fail if the user environment has not been imported
systemd.user.targets.graphical-session = {
unitConfig.AssertEnvironment = [
"DISPLAY"
"XDG_SESSION_ID"
];
};
};
}