[Nix-dev] A couple of questions: X server, profiles

[Wouter]

are you sure you've put it in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and 
structured like this, e.g. that services is in the the root of the 
expression?:

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{
   boot = {
    grubDevice = "/dev/sda";
    initrd = {
       .....
    };
  };

  .....

  services = {
    sshd = {
      enable = true;
    };
    xserver = {
      enable = true;
      windowManager = "compiz"; #twm,compiz,metacity,beryl
      sessionType = "kde";      #gnome, xterm, kde
      .....
      driSupport = true;
    };
  };

}
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You should see xserver passing by in the ouput on doing a 'nixos-rebuild 
switch'


Sean E. Russell wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Saturday 12 May 2007 11:18, Wouter db wrote:
>   
>>> * I was unable to find the familiar startx, and running Xorg
>>> -configure directly fails.
>>>       
>> try: initctl start xserver
>>     
>
> Yeah, this doesn't work for me.  Upstart complains about not knowing anything 
> about xserver.  I do have xorg-server installed, and I have this in my 
> configuration.nix:
>
>   services = {
>           sshd = {
>                   enable = true;
>           };
>           xserver = {
>                   enable = true;
>                   videoDriver = "i810";
>                   driSupport = true;
>                   resolutions = [{x = 1024; y = 768;}];
>                   sessionType = "kde";
>           };
>   };
>
> Is there some magic that has to be performed after installing xserver to make 
> Upstart aware of it?
>
> In an unrelated note, the wireless ipw2200 modules isn't loading correctly for 
> me under nix; it complains about being unable to load the firmware.  The 
> udev-fw log in /var/logs has a single line:
>
> 	Firmware `ipw2200-bss.fw' for device 
> `/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/0000:02:04.0' not found.
>
> and -- again -- I do have the ipw2200-fw-3.0 installed.  Again, is there some 
> magic which, after installing this, needs to be run to make the system aware 
> of it?
>
>