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This is already covered in the previous chapter https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml#L38-L46 - Xfce also depends on X and it doesn't need a special section on display managers.
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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-xfce">
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<title>Xfce Desktop Environment</title>
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<para>
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To enable the Xfce Desktop Environment, set
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<programlisting>
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services.xserver.desktopManager = {
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xfce.enable = true;
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default = "xfce";
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};
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Optionally, <emphasis>compton</emphasis>
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can be enabled for nice graphical effects, some example settings:
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<programlisting>
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services.compton = {
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enable = true;
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fade = true;
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inactiveOpacity = "0.9";
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shadow = true;
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fadeDelta = 4;
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};
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Some Xfce programs are not installed automatically.
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To install them manually (system wide), put them into your
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<literal>environment.systemPackages</literal>.
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</para>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Thunar Volume Support</title>
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<para>
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To enable
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<emphasis>Thunar</emphasis>
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volume support, put
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<programlisting>
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services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.enable = true;
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</programlisting>
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into your <emphasis>configuration.nix</emphasis>.
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</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Polkit Authentication Agent</title>
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<para>
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There is no authentication agent automatically installed alongside
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Xfce. To allow mounting of local (non-removable) filesystems, you
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will need to install one.
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Installing <emphasis>polkit_gnome</emphasis>, a rebuild, logout and
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login did the trick.
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</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Troubleshooting</title>
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<para>
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Even after enabling udisks2, volume management might not work.
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Thunar and/or the desktop takes time to show up.
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Thunar will spit out this kind of message on start
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(look at <command>journalctl --user -b</command>).
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<programlisting>
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Thunar:2410): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: remote volume monitor with dbus name org.gtk.Private.UDisks2VolumeMonitor is not supported
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</programlisting>
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This is caused by some needed GNOME services not running.
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This is all fixed by enabling "Launch GNOME services on startup" in
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the Advanced tab of the Session and Startup settings panel.
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Alternatively, you can run this command to do the same thing.
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<programlisting>
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$ xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /compat/LaunchGNOME -s true
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</programlisting>
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A log-out and re-log will be needed for this to take effect.
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</para>
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</simplesect>
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</chapter>
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