bug#37422: Setting keyboard layout with SLiM login manager doesn't work

[Jan Wielkiewicz]

Hi,

I've tried this solution already, but it didn't work for me then and it
doesn't work now. When I try to reconfigure my system, guix throws:

guix system: error: failed to load '/etc/config.scm':
/etc/config.scm:66:57: Wrong type to apply: #<<keyboard-layout> name:
"pl" variant: "legacy" model: #f options: ()>

Don't really know why this happens. Here's my config.scm:

(services
  (append
   (list (service mate-desktop-service-type)
         (service slim-service-type
                  (slim-configuration
                   (display ":0")
                   (vt "vt7")
                   (xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration
                                        (keyboard-layout
(keyboard-layout "pl" "legacy")))))) (service tor-service-type)
         (extra-special-file "/bin/bash"
                             (file-append coreutils "/bin/bash"))
         ;; (set-xorg-configuration
         ;;  (xorg-configuration
         ;;   (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))
         ;;  slim-service-type))
         )
         
   (remove (lambda (service)
             (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type))
           %desktop-services))))

Dnia 2019-09-26, o godz. 18:17:03
Wiktor Żelazny <address@hidden> napisał(a):

> Hi,
> 
> In case you haven’t found the solution, yet, perhaps this snippet from
> my config.scm will help you. You will need to trim it to adapt to your
> circumstances.
> 
>   (services (cons* (service slim-service-type (slim-configuration
>                                                 (display ":0")
>                                                 (vt "vt7")
>                                                 (auto-login? #t)
>                                                 (default-user "w")
>                                                 (xorg-configuration
>                                                   (xorg-configuration
>                                                     (keyboard-layout
> (keyboard-layout "pl,cz" "legacy,ucw"
>                                                                               
>         #:options
> '("compose:menu,grp:caps_switch"))))))) ;; skipped content
>   ))
> 
> WŻ

Jan Wielkiewicz