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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bc58bb1f0669 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + version="5.0" + xml:id="sec-x11"> + +<title>X Window System</title> + +<para>The X Window System (X11) provides the basis of NixOS’ graphical +user interface. It can be enabled as follows: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.enable = true; +</programlisting> +The X server will automatically detect and use the appropriate video +driver from a set of X.org drivers (such as <literal>vesa</literal> +and <literal>intel</literal>). You can also specify a driver +manually, e.g. +<programlisting> +services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "r128" ]; +</programlisting> +to enable X.org’s <literal>xf86-video-r128</literal> driver.</para> + +<para>You also need to enable at least one desktop or window manager. +Otherwise, you can only log into a plain undecorated +<command>xterm</command> window. Thus you should pick one or more of +the following lines: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.desktopManager.kde4.enable = true; +services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.enable = true; +services.xserver.windowManager.xmonad.enable = true; +services.xserver.windowManager.twm.enable = true; +services.xserver.windowManager.icewm.enable = true; +</programlisting> +</para> + +<para>NixOS’s default <emphasis>display manager</emphasis> (the +program that provides a graphical login prompt and manages the X +server) is SLiM. You can select KDE’s <command>kdm</command> instead: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.displayManager.kdm.enable = true; +</programlisting> +</para> + +<para>The X server is started automatically at boot time. If you +don’t want this to happen, you can set: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.autorun = false; +</programlisting> +The X server can then be started manually: +<screen> +$ systemctl start display-manager.service +</screen> +</para> + + +<simplesect><title>NVIDIA Graphics Cards</title> + +<para>NVIDIA provides a proprietary driver for its graphics cards that +has better 3D performance than the X.org drivers. It is not enabled +by default because it’s not free software. You can enable it as follows: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ]; +</programlisting> +You may need to reboot after enabling this driver to prevent a clash +with other kernel modules.</para> + +<para>On 64-bit systems, if you want full acceleration for 32-bit +programs such as Wine, you should also set the following: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.driSupport32Bit = true; +</programlisting> +</para> + +</simplesect> + + +<simplesect><title>Touchpads</title> + +<para>Support for Synaptics touchpads (found in many laptops such as +the Dell Latitude series) can be enabled as follows: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.synaptics.enable = true; +</programlisting> +The driver has many options (see <xref linkend="ch-options"/>). For +instance, the following enables two-finger scrolling: +<programlisting> +services.xserver.synaptics.twoFingerScroll = true; +</programlisting> +</para> + +</simplesect> + + +</chapter> |