From d7d049fdcd80e27a42b31766890f589f482a4f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:08:04 +0100
Subject: 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'.
---
gnu/services/base.scm | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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 @@ (define-module (gnu services base)
#: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 @@ (define kmscon-command
(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).")))
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