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- Add a module for the thunar file manager, which depends on the xfconf dbus service, and also has a dbus service and a systemd unit. - Renames the option services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.thunarPlugins to programs.thunar.plugins.
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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 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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</para>
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<programlisting language="bash">
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services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.enable = true;
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services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce";
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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Optionally, <emphasis>picom</emphasis> can be enabled for nice
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graphical effects, some example settings:
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</para>
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<programlisting language="bash">
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services.picom = {
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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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Some Xfce programs are not installed automatically. To install them
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manually (system wide), put them into your
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<xref linkend="opt-environment.systemPackages" /> from
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<literal>pkgs.xfce</literal>.
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</para>
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<section xml:id="sec-xfce-thunar-plugins">
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<title>Thunar</title>
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<para>
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Thunar (the Xfce file manager) is automatically enabled when Xfce
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is enabled. To enable Thunar without enabling Xfce, use the
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configuration option <xref linkend="opt-programs.thunar.enable" />
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instead of simply adding <literal>pkgs.xfce.thunar</literal> to
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<xref linkend="opt-environment.systemPackages" />.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you'd like to add extra plugins to Thunar, add them to
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<xref linkend="opt-programs.thunar.plugins" />. You shouldn't just
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add them to <xref linkend="opt-environment.systemPackages" />.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="sec-xfce-troubleshooting">
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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. Thunar will spit
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out this kind of message on start (look at
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<literal>journalctl --user -b</literal>).
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</para>
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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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<para>
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This is caused by some needed GNOME services not running. This is
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all fixed by enabling "Launch GNOME services on startup"
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in 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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</para>
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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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<para>
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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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</section>
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</chapter>
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