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commit: c6ba82191f38ab46241df4b979f242ca31f9c8c4 |
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Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Fri Feb 5 19:39:15 2021 +0000 |
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Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Fri Feb 5 19:39:15 2021 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=c6ba8219 |
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2021-01-30-display-manager-init: Rework instructions, revision bump |
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Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm <AT> gentoo.org> |
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.../2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt | 70 ++++++++++++++-------- |
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diff --git a/2021-01-30-display-manager-init/2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt b/2021-01-30-display-manager-init/2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt |
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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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+Revision: 6 |
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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 and its |
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-requirements from various packages into an independent package: |
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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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-This package provides the 'display-manager' startup script for |
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-handling your chosen display manager, without depending on |
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-Xorg server. The old 'xdm' init script is no longer supported |
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-and is going to be removed in the next version of xorg-server, |
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-so it is imperative that you shift to display-manager-init. |
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-The current package is ~ARCH and will be available for stable |
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-users on 2nd March 2021. |
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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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-To update to the new DM init scripts, you need to manually add the |
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-package into your @world set: |
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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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- emerge -vuDU gui-libs/display-manager-init |
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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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-To start using the new init scripts, either copy your |
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-existing /etc/conf.d/xdm to /etc/conf.d/display-manager or |
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-change the DISPLAYMANAGER variable in |
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-/etc/conf.d/display-manager to your preferred DM: |
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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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- DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" |
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- |
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-and remove 'xdm' from the default runlevel and add 'display-manager': |
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- |
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- rc-update del xdm default |
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- rc-update add display-manager default |
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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 scripts without rebooting, run the following |
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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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+ # 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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+ |
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+ # emerge --noreplace gui-libs/display-manager-init |
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+ |
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+ |
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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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+ |
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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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+ |
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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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