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| author | Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in> | 2021-11-08 12:22:04 +0300 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-11-14 23:18:08 +0100 |
| commit | a8b5b40f62e8907b0e82c5088a8fb647d05a7737 (patch) | |
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doc: Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for Guix Home.
* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Add a note about elogind and
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a5f38e166b..1b10e2d626 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -35975,6 +35975,14 @@ guix home reconfigure config.scm This ``builds'' your home environment and creates @file{~/.guix-home} pointing to it. Voilà! +@quotation Note +Make sure the operating system has elogind, systemd, or a similar +mechanism to create the XDG run-time directory and has the +@env{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR} variable set. Failing that, the +@file{on-first-login} script will not execute anything, and processes +like user Shepherd and its descendants will not start. +@end quotation + @node Configuring the Shell @section Configuring the Shell This section is safe to skip if your shell or shells are managed by |