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diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/startx.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/startx.nix
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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.xserver.displayManager.startx;
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    services.xserver.displayManager.startx = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = 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 vt shell. The X server runs under the user's id, not as root.
+          The user must provide a ~/.xinitrc file containing session startup
+          commands, see startx(1). This is not automatically generated
+          from the desktopManager and windowManager settings.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = 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 = 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 ${toString config.services.xserver.displayManager.xserverArgs} "$@"
+    '';
+    environment.systemPackages =  with pkgs; [ xorg.xinit ];
+  };
+
+}