Hello, Mark H Weaver writes: > We install a wrapper script around WindowMaker that prepends > /gnu/store/XXX-windowmaker-XXX/bin to $PATH. This setting is propagated > to all subprocesses in the entire X session, which is suboptimal. It > would be nice to find another solution, preferably by using absolute > pathnames when launching subprocesses run by WindowMaker. > > Mark I tested with the following modifications to our lightweight-desktop template: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- modified gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ;; for a "desktop" setup without full-blown desktop ;; environments. +(use-modules (gnu packages gnustep)) (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss)) (use-service-modules desktop) (use-package-modules bootloaders certs ratpoison suckless wm xorg) @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ ;; the log-in screen with F1. (packages (append (list ;; window managers - ratpoison i3-wm i3status dmenu + windowmaker ;; terminal emulator xterm ;; for HTTPS access --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- And I cannot reproduce this. I believe the fix Ludo did 6 years ago in be05e643ae4d62dc25aa88b7fbdb0eae9cf10eb0 combined with the use of a xsession file added in commit 537fe4568f4 by Kei resolved this issue for good. Closing. Thanks, Maxim