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authorLuca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>2015-06-12 13:02:06 +0200
committerLuca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>2015-06-12 13:02:35 +0200
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nixos: set high fs.inotify.max_user_watches when xserver is enabled
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diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index 5198864ef6ef..9fddc6a72104 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ in
     environment.pathsToLink =
       [ "/etc/xdg" "/share/xdg" "/share/applications" "/share/icons" "/share/pixmaps" ];
 
+    # The default max inotify watches is 8192.
+    # Nowadays most apps require a good number of inotify watches,
+    # the value below is used by default on several other distros.
+    boot.kernel.sysctl."fs.inotify.max_user_watches" = mkDefault 524288;
+
     systemd.defaultUnit = mkIf cfg.autorun "graphical.target";
 
     systemd.services.display-manager =