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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2021-02-13 21:41:11 +0000 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2021-02-13 21:41:11 +0000 |
commit | c8d60dada2ec8eb48b2d2b290cd6683ccec40e39 (patch) | |
tree | c44943ee0563a3fa957716de909fed683117fcb9 /metadata/news/2021-01-30-display-manager-init | |
parent | 69051588e2f955485fe5d45d45e616bc60a2de57 (diff) |
gentoo (valentine's day) resync : 14.02.2021
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-01-30-display-manager-init/2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-01-30-display-manager-init/2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt index 88fd5f5703b1..30bbfd82688b 100644 --- a/metadata/news/2021-01-30-display-manager-init/2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt +++ b/metadata/news/2021-01-30-display-manager-init/2021-01-30-display-manager-init.en.txt @@ -1,43 +1,63 @@ Title: New OpenRC Display Manager Initializer Scripts Author: Aisha Tammy <gentoo@aisha.cc> +Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> Posted: 2021-01-30 -Revision: 4 +Revision: 6 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/openrc -There has been a refactoring of the old 'xdm' init script and its -requirements from various packages into an independent package: +There has been a refactoring of the old 'xdm' init script into a new +script called 'display-manager', provided by a new package that will +be introduced by your @world update routine as a dependency of +x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1: gui-libs/display-manager-init -This package provides the 'display-manager' startup script for -handling your chosen display manager, without depending on -Xorg server. The old 'xdm' init script is no longer supported -and is going to be removed in the next version of xorg-server, -so it is imperative that you shift to display-manager-init. +The package is now in ~arch and will be available to stable users +starting with 2nd March 2021. [1] -To update to the new DM init scripts, you need to manually add the -package in your @world set: +Its purpose is to provide the same startup mechanism for your chosen +display manager (like GDM, SDDM etc. [2]) as xdm did previously, but +without depending on x11-base/xorg-server. This is necessary to +support new DMs that no longer depend on Xorg. - emerge -vuDU gui-libs/display-manager-init +Existing settings from /etc/conf.d/xdm will be migrated to new +/etc/conf.d/display-manager config, however after installation it is +vital not to forget to run either `etc-update` or `dispatch-conf`. +Afterwards check that /etc/conf.d/display-manager contains the +desired value for DISPLAYMANAGER. -To start using the new init scripts, either copy your -existing /etc/conf.d/xdm to /etc/conf.d/displaymanager or -change the DISPLAYMANAGER variable in -/etc/conf.d/display-manager to your preferred DM: +The old 'xdm' init script is no longer supported and henceforth +removed from x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1, so it is imperative that +you switch from xdm to display-manager service in default runlevel: - DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" - -and remove 'xdm' from the default runlevel and add 'display-manager': - - rc-update del xdm default - rc-update add display-manager default + # rc-update del xdm default + # rc-update add display-manager default The changes are complete and on the next reboot, 'display-manager' will start your chosen DM. -To switch to the new scripts without rebooting, run the following +To switch to the new script without rebooting, run the following commands in a tty: - rc-service xdm stop - rc-service display-manager start + # rc-service xdm stop + # rc-service display-manager start + +Finally, the following action is necessary *ONLY* if you are running + a) a DM (and rest of system) without Xorg + b) a DM from an overlay, to make sure display-manager persists + + # emerge --noreplace gui-libs/display-manager-init + + +[1] To make this change *now*, and proceed with this news item already, +stable users would need to add the following entries to +/etc/portage/package.accept_keywords [3] and update @world: + + ~sys-apps/sysvinit-2.98 + ~x11-apps/xinit-1.4.1 + ~x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10 + ~gui-libs/display-manager-init-1.0 + +[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Display_manager +[3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.accept_keywords |