# This module declares the options to define a *display manager*, the
# program responsible for handling X logins (such as LightDM, GDM, or SDDM).
# The display manager allows the user to select a *session
# type*. When the user logs in, the display manager starts the
# *session script* ("xsession" below) to launch the selected session
# type. The session type defines two things: the *desktop manager*
# (e.g., KDE, Gnome or a plain xterm), and optionally the *window
# manager* (e.g. kwin or twm).
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.services.xserver;
xorg = pkgs.xorg;
fontconfig = config.fonts.fontconfig;
xresourcesXft = pkgs.writeText "Xresources-Xft" ''
${optionalString (fontconfig.dpi != 0) ''Xft.dpi: ${toString fontconfig.dpi}''}
Xft.antialias: ${if fontconfig.antialias then "1" else "0"}
Xft.rgba: ${fontconfig.subpixel.rgba}
Xft.lcdfilter: lcd${fontconfig.subpixel.lcdfilter}
Xft.hinting: ${if fontconfig.hinting.enable then "1" else "0"}
Xft.autohint: ${if fontconfig.hinting.autohint then "1" else "0"}
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
'';
# file provided by services.xserver.displayManager.sessionData.wrapper
xsessionWrapper = pkgs.writeScript "xsession-wrapper"
''
#! ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
# Shared environment setup for graphical sessions.
. /etc/profile
cd "$HOME"
# Allow the user to execute commands at the beginning of the X session.
if test -f ~/.xprofile; then
source ~/.xprofile
fi
${optionalString cfg.displayManager.job.logToJournal ''
if [ -z "$_DID_SYSTEMD_CAT" ]; then
export _DID_SYSTEMD_CAT=1
exec ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemd-cat -t xsession "$0" "$@"
fi
''}
${optionalString cfg.displayManager.job.logToFile ''
exec &> >(tee ~/.xsession-errors)
''}
# Load X defaults. This should probably be safe on wayland too.
${xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ${xresourcesXft}
if test -e ~/.Xresources; then
${xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
elif test -e ~/.Xdefaults; then
${xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults
fi
# Import environment variables into the systemd user environment.
${optionalString (cfg.displayManager.importedVariables != []) (
"/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl --user import-environment "
+ toString (unique cfg.displayManager.importedVariables)
)}
# Speed up application start by 50-150ms according to
# http://kdemonkey.blogspot.nl/2008/04/magic-trick.html
compose_cache="''${XCOMPOSECACHE:-$HOME/.compose-cache}"
mkdir -p "$compose_cache"
# To avoid accidentally deleting a wrongly set up XCOMPOSECACHE directory,
# defensively try to delete cache *files* only, following the file format specified in
# https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/blob/master/modules/im/ximcp/imLcIm.c#L353-358
# sprintf (*res, "%s/%c%d_%03x_%08x_%08x", dir, _XimGetMyEndian(), XIM_CACHE_VERSION, (unsigned int)sizeof (DefTree), hash, hash2);
${pkgs.findutils}/bin/find "$compose_cache" -maxdepth 1 -regextype posix-extended -regex '.*/[Bl][0-9]+_[0-9a-f]{3}_[0-9a-f]{8}_[0-9a-f]{8}' -delete
unset compose_cache
# Work around KDE errors when a user first logs in and
# .local/share doesn't exist yet.
mkdir -p "''${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
unset _DID_SYSTEMD_CAT
${cfg.displayManager.sessionCommands}
# Start systemd user services for graphical sessions
/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl --user start graphical-session.target
# Allow the user to setup a custom session type.
if test -x ~/.xsession; then
eval exec ~/.xsession "$@"
fi
if test "$1"; then
# Run the supplied session command. Remove any double quotes with eval.
eval exec "$@"
else
# TODO: Do we need this? Should not the session always exist?
echo "error: unknown session $1" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
'';
installedSessions = pkgs.runCommand "desktops"
{ # trivial derivation
preferLocalBuild = true;
allowSubstitutes = false;
}
''
mkdir -p "$out/share/"{xsessions,wayland-sessions}
${concatMapStrings (pkg: ''
for n in ${concatStringsSep " " pkg.providedSessions}; do
if ! test -f ${pkg}/share/wayland-sessions/$n.desktop -o \
-f ${pkg}/share/xsessions/$n.desktop; then
echo "Couldn't find provided session name, $n.desktop, in session package ${pkg.name}:"
echo " ${pkg}"
return 1
fi
done
if test -d ${pkg}/share/xsessions; then
${xorg.lndir}/bin/lndir ${pkg}/share/xsessions $out/share/xsessions
fi
if test -d ${pkg}/share/wayland-sessions; then
${xorg.lndir}/bin/lndir ${pkg}/share/wayland-sessions $out/share/wayland-sessions
fi
'') cfg.displayManager.sessionPackages}
'';
dmDefault = cfg.desktopManager.default;
# fallback default for cases when only default wm is set
dmFallbackDefault = if dmDefault != null then dmDefault else "none";
wmDefault = cfg.windowManager.default;
defaultSessionFromLegacyOptions = dmFallbackDefault + optionalString (wmDefault != null && wmDefault != "none") "+${wmDefault}";
in
{
options = {
services.xserver.displayManager = {
xauthBin = mkOption {
internal = true;
default = "${xorg.xauth}/bin/xauth";
description = "Path to the xauth program used by display managers.";
};
xserverBin = mkOption {
type = types.path;
description = "Path to the X server used by display managers.";
};
xserverArgs = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
example = [ "-ac" "-logverbose" "-verbose" "-nolisten tcp" ];
description = "List of arguments for the X server.";
};
setupCommands = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
description = ''
Shell commands executed just after the X server has started.
This option is only effective for display managers for which this feature
is supported; currently these are LightDM, GDM and SDDM.
'';
};
sessionCommands = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
example =
''
xmessage "Hello World!" &
'';
description = ''
Shell commands executed just before the window or desktop manager is
started. These commands are not currently sourced for Wayland sessions.
'';
};
hiddenUsers = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ "nobody" ];
description = ''
A list of users which will not be shown in the display manager.
'';
};
sessionPackages = mkOption {
type = with types; listOf (package // {
description = "package with provided sessions";
check = p: assertMsg
(package.check p && p ? providedSessions
&& p.providedSessions != [] && all isString p.providedSessions)
''
Package, '${p.name}', did not specify any session names, as strings, in
'passthru.providedSessions'. This is required when used as a session package.
The session names can be looked up in:
${p}/share/xsessions
${p}/share/wayland-sessions
'';
});
default = [];
description = ''
A list of packages containing x11 or wayland session files to be passed to the display manager.
'';
};
session = mkOption {
default = [];
example = literalExample
''
[ { manage = "desktop";
name = "xterm";
start = '''
''${pkgs.xterm}/bin/xterm -ls &
waitPID=$!
''';
}
]
'';
description = ''
List of sessions supported with the command used to start each
session. Each session script can set the
waitPID shell variable to make this script
wait until the end of the user session. Each script is used
to define either a window manager or a desktop manager. These
can be differentiated by setting the attribute
manage either to "window"
or "desktop".
The list of desktop manager and window manager should appear
inside the display manager with the desktop manager name
followed by the window manager name.
'';
};
sessionData = mkOption {
description = "Data exported for display managers’ convenience";
internal = true;
default = {};
apply = val: {
wrapper = xsessionWrapper;
desktops = installedSessions;
sessionNames = concatMap (p: p.providedSessions) cfg.displayManager.sessionPackages;
# We do not want to force users to set defaultSession when they have only single DE.
autologinSession =
if cfg.displayManager.defaultSession != null then
cfg.displayManager.defaultSession
else if cfg.displayManager.sessionData.sessionNames != [] then
head cfg.displayManager.sessionData.sessionNames
else
null;
};
};
defaultSession = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr str // {
description = "session name";
check = d:
assertMsg (d != null -> (str.check d && elem d cfg.displayManager.sessionData.sessionNames)) ''
Default graphical session, '${d}', not found.
Valid names for 'services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession' are:
${concatStringsSep "\n " cfg.displayManager.sessionData.sessionNames}
'';
};
default =
if dmDefault != null || wmDefault != null then
defaultSessionFromLegacyOptions
else
null;
example = "gnome";
description = ''
Graphical session to pre-select in the session chooser (only effective for GDM and LightDM).
On GDM, LightDM and SDDM, it will also be used as a session for auto-login.
'';
};
importedVariables = mkOption {
type = types.listOf (types.strMatching "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*");
visible = false;
description = ''
Environment variables to import into the systemd user environment.
'';
};
job = {
preStart = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
example = "rm -f /var/log/my-display-manager.log";
description = "Script executed before the display manager is started.";
};
execCmd = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = literalExample ''
"''${pkgs.lightdm}/bin/lightdm"
'';
description = "Command to start the display manager.";
};
environment = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.unspecified;
default = {};
description = "Additional environment variables needed by the display manager.";
};
logToFile = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether the display manager redirects the output of the
session script to ~/.xsession-errors.
'';
};
logToJournal = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
Whether the display manager redirects the output of the
session script to the systemd journal.
'';
};
};
# Configuration for automatic login. Common for all DM.
autoLogin = mkOption {
type = types.submodule {
options = {
enable = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = cfg.displayManager.autoLogin.user != null;
description = ''
Automatically log in as .
'';
};
user = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = ''
User to be used for the automatic login.
'';
};
};
};
default = {};
description = ''
Auto login configuration attrset.
'';
};
};
};
config = {
assertions = [
{ assertion = cfg.displayManager.autoLogin.enable -> cfg.displayManager.autoLogin.user != null;
message = ''
services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.enable requires services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.user to be set
'';
}
{
assertion = cfg.desktopManager.default != null || cfg.windowManager.default != null -> cfg.displayManager.defaultSession == defaultSessionFromLegacyOptions;
message = "You cannot use both services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession option and legacy options (services.xserver.desktopManager.default and services.xserver.windowManager.default).";
}
];
warnings =
mkIf (dmDefault != null || wmDefault != null) [
''
The following options are deprecated:
${concatStringsSep "\n " (map ({c, t}: t) (filter ({c, t}: c != null) [
{ c = dmDefault; t = "- services.xserver.desktopManager.default"; }
{ c = wmDefault; t = "- services.xserver.windowManager.default"; }
]))}
Please use
services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "${defaultSessionFromLegacyOptions}";
instead.
''
];
services.xserver.displayManager.xserverBin = "${xorg.xorgserver.out}/bin/X";
services.xserver.displayManager.importedVariables = [
# This is required by user units using the session bus.
"DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"
# These are needed by the ssh-agent unit.
"DISPLAY"
"XAUTHORITY"
# This is required to specify session within user units (e.g. loginctl lock-session).
"XDG_SESSION_ID"
];
systemd.user.targets.graphical-session = {
unitConfig = {
RefuseManualStart = false;
StopWhenUnneeded = false;
};
};
# Create desktop files and scripts for starting sessions for WMs/DMs
# that do not have upstream session files (those defined using services.{display,desktop,window}Manager.session options).
services.xserver.displayManager.sessionPackages =
let
dms = filter (s: s.manage == "desktop") cfg.displayManager.session;
wms = filter (s: s.manage == "window") cfg.displayManager.session;
# Script responsible for starting the window manager and the desktop manager.
xsession = dm: wm: pkgs.writeScript "xsession" ''
#! ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
# Legacy session script used to construct .desktop files from
# `services.xserver.displayManager.session` entries. Called from
# `sessionWrapper`.
# Start the window manager.
${wm.start}
# Start the desktop manager.
${dm.start}
${optionalString cfg.updateDbusEnvironment ''
${lib.getBin pkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all
''}
test -n "$waitPID" && wait "$waitPID"
/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl --user stop graphical-session.target
exit 0
'';
in
# We will generate every possible pair of WM and DM.
concatLists (
builtins.map
({dm, wm}: let
sessionName = "${dm.name}${optionalString (wm.name != "none") ("+" + wm.name)}";
script = xsession dm wm;
desktopNames = if dm ? desktopNames
then concatStringsSep ";" dm.desktopNames
else sessionName;
in
optional (dm.name != "none" || wm.name != "none")
(pkgs.writeTextFile {
name = "${sessionName}-xsession";
destination = "/share/xsessions/${sessionName}.desktop";
# Desktop Entry Specification:
# - https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/
# - https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html
text = ''
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=XSession
TryExec=${script}
Exec=${script}
Name=${sessionName}
DesktopNames=${desktopNames}
'';
} // {
providedSessions = [ sessionName ];
})
)
(cartesianProductOfSets { dm = dms; wm = wms; })
);
# Make xsessions and wayland sessions available in XDG_DATA_DIRS
# as some programs have behavior that depends on them being present
environment.sessionVariables.XDG_DATA_DIRS = [
"${cfg.displayManager.sessionData.desktops}/share"
];
};
imports = [
(mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "desktopManagerHandlesLidAndPower" ]
"The option is no longer necessary because all display managers have already delegated lid management to systemd.")
(mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "job" "logsXsession" ] [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "job" "logToFile" ])
(mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "logToJournal" ] [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "job" "logToJournal" ])
(mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "extraSessionFilesPackages" ] [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "sessionPackages" ])
];
}