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

[Felix Breuer]

Hello!

I have managed to install NixOS from the LiveCD, which was quite a 
pleasant experience. I am now trying to get X running. I have done

   nixos-rebuild switch

after setting up /etc/nixos/configuration.nix as the attached file 
shows. However I fail to start X.

* I was unable to find the familiar startx, and running Xorg -configure 
directly fails.

* I have not fully understood the profile-management yet. .nix-profiles 
points to a "default" profile which is not present in the profiles 
directory. How do I create it? Which profile contains the links to X?

* Also: How do I manage user accounts under NixOS? Should I just run 
adduser as usual? What is the proper way to set up the profiles of new 
users?

* You seem to be running a couple of desktop systems under NixOS. Could 
you post more configurations of such systems along with how the profiles 
of desktop users should be set up? The only desktop configuration I was 
able to find is 
https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/configurations/trunk/misc/eelco-tyros.nix

* What Xorg drivers that are suitable for nVidia graphics cards (in my 
case an old Geforce Go 2) are available under NixOS?


Thanks a lot,
Felix
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