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Hi all, |
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Here is an updated news item for the display-manager-init changes. |
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Please comment and check. |
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Thanks, |
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Aisha |
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Title: New OpenRC Display Manager Initializer Scripts |
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Author: Aisha Tammy <gentoo@×××××.cc> |
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Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o> |
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Posted: 2021-01-30 |
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Revision: 5 |
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News-Item-Format: 2.0 |
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Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/openrc |
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There has been a refactoring of the old 'xdm' init script into a new |
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script called 'display-manager', provided by a new package that will |
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be introduced by your @world update routine as a dependency of |
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x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1: |
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gui-libs/display-manager-init |
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The package is now in ~arch and will be available to stable users |
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starting with 2nd March 2021. [1] |
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Its purpose is to provide the same startup mechanism for your chosen |
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display manager (like GDM, SDDM etc. [2]) as xdm did previously, but |
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without depending on x11-base/xorg-server. This is necessary to |
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support new DMs that no longer depend on Xorg. |
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Existing settings from /etc/conf.d/xdm will be migrated to new |
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/etc/conf.d/display-manager config, however after installation it is |
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vital not to forget to run either `etc-update` or `dispatch-conf`. |
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Afterwards check that /etc/conf.d/display-manager contains the |
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desired value for DISPLAYMANAGER. |
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The old 'xdm' init script is no longer supported and henceforth |
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removed from x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1, so it is imperative that |
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you switch from xdm to display-manager service in default runlevel: |
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# rc-update del xdm default |
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# rc-update add display-manager default |
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The changes are complete and on the next reboot, 'display-manager' |
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will start your chosen DM. |
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To switch to the new script without rebooting, run the following |
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commands in a tty: |
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# rc-service xdm stop |
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# rc-service display-manager start |
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Finally, the following action is necessary *ONLY* if you are running |
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a) a DM (and rest of system) without Xorg |
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b) a DM from an overlay, to make sure display-manager persists |
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# emerge --noreplace gui-libs/display-manager-init |
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[1] To make this change *now*, and proceed with this news item already, |
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stable users would need to add the following entries to |
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/etc/portage/package.accept_keywords [3] and update @world: |
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~sys-apps/sysvinit-2.98 |
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~x11-apps/xinit-1.4.1 |
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~x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10 |
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~gui-libs/display-manager-init-1.0 |
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[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Display_manager |
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[3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.accept_keywords |
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