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-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/development/debugging-nixos-tests.xml | 37 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/development/nixos-tests.xml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml | 15 |
5 files changed, 18 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml index 703a1b8b7f09..e7d66f391f55 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml @@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ </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 + provides a graphical login prompt and manages the X server) is LightDM. You can select an alternative one by picking one of the following lines: <programlisting> <xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable"/> = true; -<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.enable"/> = true; +<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.displayManager.slim.enable"/> = true; </programlisting> </para> <para> diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/debugging-nixos-tests.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/development/debugging-nixos-tests.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 30e58e1e3554..000000000000 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/debugging-nixos-tests.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -<section 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-debugging-nixos-tests"> - <title>Debugging NixOS tests</title> - - <para> - Tests may fail and infrastructure offers access to inspect machine state. - </para> - - <para> - To prevent test from stopping and cleaning up, insert a sleep command: - </para> - -<programlisting> -$machine->succeed("sleep 84000"); -</programlisting> - - <para> - As soon as machine starts run as root: - </para> - -<programlisting> -nix-shell -p socat --run "socat STDIO,raw,echo=0,escape=0x11 UNIX:/tmp/nix-build-vm-test-run-*.drv-0/vm-state-machine/backdoor" -</programlisting> - - <para> - You may need to find the correct path, replacing <literal>/tmp</literal>, - <literal>*</literal> or <literal>machine</literal>. - </para> - - <para> - Press "enter" to open up console and login as "root". After you're done, - press "ctrl-q" to exit the console. - </para> -</section> diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/nixos-tests.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/development/nixos-tests.xml index d068887200a9..2695082e3867 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/nixos-tests.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/nixos-tests.xml @@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/tests">nixos/test <xi:include href="writing-nixos-tests.xml" /> <xi:include href="running-nixos-tests.xml" /> <xi:include href="running-nixos-tests-interactively.xml" /> - <xi:include href="debugging-nixos-tests.xml" /> </chapter> diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml index 0b311189430c..3a81b3a20409 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $ diskutil list [..] $ diskutil unmountDisk diskN Unmount of all volumes on diskN was successful -$ sudo dd bs=1m if=nix.iso of=/dev/rdiskN +$ sudo dd bs=1000000 if=nix.iso of=/dev/rdiskN </programlisting> Using the 'raw' <command>rdiskN</command> device instead of <command>diskN</command> completes in minutes instead of hours. After diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml index 89d9f48aedd3..da3b75cf6144 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml @@ -408,6 +408,21 @@ from nixpkgs due to the lack of maintainers. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + It is possible now to uze ZRAM devices as general purpose ephemeral block devices, + not only as swap. Using more than 1 device as ZRAM swap is no longer recommended, + but is still possible by setting <literal>zramSwap.swapDevices</literal> explicitly. + </para> + <para> + Default algorithm for ZRAM swap was changed to <literal>zstd</literal>. + </para> + <para> + Changes to ZRAM algorithm are applied during <literal>nixos-rebuild switch</literal>, + so make sure you have enough swap space on disk to survive ZRAM device rebuild. Alternatively, + use <literal>nixos-rebuild boot; reboot</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> |