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| author | Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> | 2024-12-13 17:27:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2024-12-15 00:19:41 +0900 |
| commit | e92b20a41a026b8af7dd2031eb61267b061617b5 (patch) | |
| tree | b827dbe88af30765e3629c8ed3d60e0dbdd91a00 /doc | |
| parent | a64a3a14e8be7c67cd5fc72d87438dbfcb831a30 (diff) | |
services: mingetty: Support waiting on shepherd services.
For auto-login on systems with elogind, dbus-system needs to be started. This
commit adds ability to express that ordering.
* gnu/services/base.scm (<mingetty-configuration>): Add shepherd-requirement
field.
(mingetty-shepherd-service): Use it.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services)<mingetty-configuration>: Document it.
Change-Id: Iedbdc4375180740379d561aa193d7c63350d2e7b
Modified-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 04e5a89b99..3d501a08c9 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -19457,6 +19457,26 @@ login program. When set to a string, use this directory at the process's root directory. +@item @code{shepherd-requirement} +List of shepherd requirements. Unless you know what you are doing, it +is recommended to extend the default list instead of overriding it. + +As an example, when using auto-login on a system with elogind, it is +necessary to wait on the @code{'dbus-system} service: + +@lisp +(modify-services %base-services + (mingetty-service-type config => + (mingetty-configuration + (inherit config) + ;; Automatically log in as "guest". + (auto-login "guest") + (shepherd-requirement + (cons 'dbus-system + (mingetty-configuration-shepherd-requirement + config)))))) +@end lisp + @item @code{mingetty} (default: @var{mingetty}) The Mingetty package to use. |