{ 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 = lib.mdDoc '' 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 ]; }; }