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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-12-18 13:08:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-12-18 13:08:04 +0100 |
| commit | d7d049fdcd80e27a42b31766890f589f482a4f23 (patch) | |
| tree | 035545e72925aaa413f0a6d8217a099d0a795376 | |
| parent | 495c50008be91429ebea3805e161a1e385a2a572 (diff) | |
services: kmsconf: Load GNU Freefont.
This provides glyphs for additional fonts such as Amharic that were
otherwise missing.
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/60164>.
Reported by Wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz>.
* gnu/services/base.scm (kmscon-service-type): In 'start' method,
pass #:environment-variables to set 'XDG_DATA_DIRS'.
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 2b1974d77e..565e8d9e98 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ #:select (dosfstools)) #:use-module ((gnu packages file-systems) #:select (bcachefs-tools exfat-utils jfsutils zfs)) + #:use-module (gnu packages fonts) #:use-module (gnu packages terminals) #:use-module ((gnu packages wm) #:select (sway)) #:use-module ((gnu build file-systems) @@ -2487,7 +2488,15 @@ notably to select, copy, and paste text. The default options use the (documentation "kmscon virtual terminal") (requirement '(user-processes udev dbus-system)) (provision (list (symbol-append 'term- (string->symbol virtual-terminal)))) - (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor #$kmscon-command)) + (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor + #$kmscon-command + + ;; The installer needs to be able to display glyphs from + ;; various scripts, so give it access to freefont. + ;; TODO: Make this configurable. + #:environment-variables + (list (string-append "XDG_DATA_DIRS=" + #$font-gnu-freefont "/share")))) (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))) (description "Start the @command{kmscon} virtual terminal emulator for the Linux @dfn{kernel mode setting} (KMS)."))) |