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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-xfce">
<title>Xfce Desktop Environment</title>
<para>
To enable the Xfce Desktop Environment, set
</para>
<programlisting language="bash">
services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.enable = true;
services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce";
</programlisting>
<para>
Optionally, <emphasis>picom</emphasis> can be enabled for nice
graphical effects, some example settings:
</para>
<programlisting language="bash">
services.picom = {
enable = true;
fade = true;
inactiveOpacity = 0.9;
shadow = true;
fadeDelta = 4;
};
</programlisting>
<para>
Some Xfce programs are not installed automatically. To install them
manually (system wide), put them into your
<xref linkend="opt-environment.systemPackages" /> from
<literal>pkgs.xfce</literal>.
</para>
<section xml:id="sec-xfce-thunar-plugins">
<title>Thunar Plugins</title>
<para>
If you'd like to add extra plugins to Thunar, add them to
<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.thunarPlugins" />.
You shouldn't just add them to
<xref linkend="opt-environment.systemPackages" />.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="sec-xfce-troubleshooting">
<title>Troubleshooting</title>
<para>
Even after enabling udisks2, volume management might not work.
Thunar and/or the desktop takes time to show up. Thunar will spit
out this kind of message on start (look at
<literal>journalctl --user -b</literal>).
</para>
<programlisting>
Thunar:2410): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: remote volume monitor with dbus name org.gtk.Private.UDisks2VolumeMonitor is not supported
</programlisting>
<para>
This is caused by some needed GNOME services not running. This is
all fixed by enabling "Launch GNOME services on startup"
in the Advanced tab of the Session and Startup settings panel.
Alternatively, you can run this command to do the same thing.
</para>
<programlisting>
$ xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /compat/LaunchGNOME -s true
</programlisting>
<para>
A log-out and re-log will be needed for this to take effect.
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
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