Talk:Using X without a Display Manager: Difference between revisions

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The following excerpt from this script doesn't seem like the best practice. It's modifying the nix-store directly:

make the intel backlight helper setuid if it isn't already

xf86videointel_path=$(get_pkg_path xorg.xf86videointel) backlight_helper_path="${xf86_video_intel_path}/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper" if [ -e "$backlight_helper_path" -a ! -u "$backlight_helper_path" ]; then sudo chmod +s ${xf86_video_intel_path}/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper fi

-- User:Redfish64

You're right, this page is a WIP by a user, I'll add a note describing how it isn't using best-practices with NixOS.

--samueldr (talk) 15:26, 7 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Now that https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/47773 (displayManager.startx option) is implemented I would replace this whole page with the instructions of the issue, what do you think?

--Zarel (talk) 08:54, 28 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

@zarelit - i would wait to completely remove the part until the PR hit master. you can however add something like:

This article or section is out of date.

Reason: With

#47773 got merged the setup is much more simple (Discuss in Talk:Using X without a Display Manager)
Once the page has been updated this notice can be removed.

and add a section for the description for the new behavior --Makefu (talk) 10:19, 28 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Added displayManager.startx instructions

I've update this page with instructions for using displayManager.startx. Perhaps the WIP badge should be removed now? I think the previous way of doing it doesn't require root permissions so it is not completely unuseful for the WiKi IMO.

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 The following excerpt from this script doesn't seem like the best practice. It's modifying the nix-store directly:
-<nowiki>
+#make the intel backlight helper setuid if it isn't already
-  #make the intel backlight helper setuid if it isn't already
+xf86videointel_path=$(get_pkg_path xorg.xf86videointel)
-  xf86videointel_path=$(get_pkg_path xorg.xf86videointel)
+backlight_helper_path="${xf86_video_intel_path}/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper"
-  backlight_helper_path="${xf86_video_intel_path}/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper"
+if [ -e "$backlight_helper_path" -a ! -u "$backlight_helper_path" ]; then
-  if [ -e "$backlight_helper_path" -a ! -u "$backlight_helper_path" ]; then
 	sudo chmod +s ${xf86_video_intel_path}/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper
-  fi
+fi
-</nowiki>
+-- [[User:Redfish64]]
+:You're right, this page is a WIP by a user, I'll add a note describing how it isn't using best-practices with NixOS.
+:--[[User:Samueldr|samueldr]] ([[User talk:Samueldr|talk]]) 15:26, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
+Now that https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/47773 (displayManager.startx option) is implemented I would replace this whole page with the instructions of the issue, what do you think?
+--[[User:Zarelit|Zarel]] ([[User talk:Zarelit|talk]]) 08:54, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
+@zarelit - i would wait to completely remove the part until the PR hit master. you can however add something like:
+{{outdated|With {{pull|47773}} got merged the setup is much more simple}} and add a section for the description for the new behavior --[[User:Makefu|Makefu]] ([[User talk:Makefu|talk]]) 10:19, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
+== Added displayManager.startx instructions ==
+I've update this page with instructions for using <code>displayManager.startx</code>. Perhaps the WIP badge should be removed now? I think the previous way of doing it doesn't require root permissions so it is not completely unuseful for the WiKi IMO.