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===DConf=== | |||
If your settings aren't being saved, like the size of file selection windows, you need to enable dconf: | |||
<nowiki> | |||
programs.dconf.enable = true; | |||
services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.gnome3.dconf ]; | |||
</nowiki> | |||
=== Wallpaper === | === Wallpaper === | ||
If <code>~/.background-image</code> exists then it will be displayed as a wallpaper. Options <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.wallpaper.combineScreens</code> and <code>.mode</code> control exactly how it is displayed. | If <code>~/.background-image</code> exists then it will be displayed as a wallpaper. Options <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.wallpaper.combineScreens</code> and <code>.mode</code> control exactly how it is displayed. | ||
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i3 is a tiling window manager for X.
Enabling
To use i3 set service.xserver.windowManager.i2.enable to true. For example:
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{ config, pkgs, callPackage, ... }: {
...
services.xserver = {
enable = true;
desktopManager = {
default = "none";
xterm.enable = false;
};
windowManager.i3.enable = true;
};
...
}
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Tip
In order to affect your system by your nix-language-specific changes you have to evaluate it, run (as root):
# nixos-rebuild switch |
With a desktop manager
i3 is a window manager and does not provide "cosmetic" services like managing multiple monitor configuration or media keys. This is what is usually delegated to a desktop manager. To use xfce as a desktop manager on top of i3, see Xfce#Using_as_a_desktop_manager_and_not_a_window_manager.
DConf
If your settings aren't being saved, like the size of file selection windows, you need to enable dconf:
programs.dconf.enable = true; services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.gnome3.dconf ];
Wallpaper
If ~/.background-image exists then it will be displayed as a wallpaper. Options services.xserver.desktopManager.wallpaper.combineScreens and .mode control exactly how it is displayed.