nixpkgs/modules/tasks/tty-backgrounds.nix
Lluís Batlle i Rossell f319ca67c5 Trying to improve the message hit by new users, if they use the 2.6.36
kernelPackages and don't disable the ttyBackgrounds. Some users got confused by
the previous message.


svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=24612
2010-11-06 18:13:48 +00:00

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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.lib;
let
inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
kernelPackages = config.boot.kernelPackages;
splashutils = kernelPackages.splashutils;
requiredTTYs = config.requiredTTYs;
backgrounds =
let
specificThemes = config.services.ttyBackgrounds.specificThemes;
overridenTTYs = map (x: x.tty) specificThemes;
# Use the default theme for all the mingetty ttys and for the
# syslog tty, except those for which a specific theme is
# specified.
defaultTTYs =
filter (x: !(elem x overridenTTYs)) requiredTTYs;
in
(map (tty: { inherit tty; }) defaultTTYs) ++ specificThemes;
themesUnpacked = stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "splash-themes";
builder = ./tty-backgrounds-combine.sh;
default = unpackTheme config.services.ttyBackgrounds.defaultTheme;
# !!! Should use XML here.
ttys = map (x: x.tty) backgrounds;
themes = map (x: if x ? theme then unpackTheme x.theme else "default") backgrounds;
};
unpackTheme = theme: import ../../lib/unpack-theme.nix {
inherit stdenv theme;
};
in
{
###### interface
options = {
services.ttyBackgrounds = {
enable = mkOption {
default = true;
description = ''
Whether to enable graphical backgrounds for the virtual consoles.
'';
};
defaultTheme = mkOption {
default = pkgs.fetchurl {
#url = http://www.bootsplash.de/files/themes/Theme-BabyTux.tar.bz2;
url = mirror://gentoo/distfiles/Theme-BabyTux.tar.bz2;
md5 = "a6d89d1c1cff3b6a08e2f526f2eab4e0";
};
description = ''
The default theme for the virtual consoles. Themes can be found
at <link xlink:href='http://www.bootsplash.de/' />.
'';
};
specificThemes = mkOption {
default = [ ];
description = ''
This option overrides the theme for specific virtual consoles.
'';
};
};
};
###### implementation
config = mkIf config.services.ttyBackgrounds.enable {
assertions = singleton
{ assertion = kernelPackages.splashutils != null;
message = "The kernelPackages does not provide splashutils, as required by ttyBackgrounds. " +
"Either provide kernelPackages with splashutils, or disable ttyBackgrounds.";
};
services.ttyBackgrounds.specificThemes = singleton
{ tty = config.services.syslogd.tty;
theme = pkgs.themes "theme-gnu";
};
environment.etc = singleton
{ source = themesUnpacked;
target = "splash";
};
jobs.ttyBackgrounds =
{ name = "tty-backgrounds";
startOn = "started udev";
# Don't stop tty-backgrounds during shutdown; it's not needed,
# and it just causes intrusive blanking of the screen.
stopOn = "";
preStart =
''
# Critical: tell the kernel where to find splash_helper. It calls
# this program every time we switch between consoles.
helperProcFile=${splashutils.helperProcFile}
if test -e /proc/sys/fbcondecor; then helperProcFile=/proc/sys/fbcondecor; fi
echo ${splashutils}/${splashutils.helperName} > $helperProcFile
# For each console...
for tty in ${toString (map (x: x.tty) backgrounds)}; do
# Make sure that the console exists.
echo -n "" > /dev/$tty
# Set the theme as determined by tty-backgrounds-combine.sh
# above. Note that splashutils needs a TTY number
# instead of a device name, hence the ''${tty:3}.
theme=$(readlink ${themesUnpacked}/$tty)
prevTheme=$(${splashutils}/${splashutils.controlName} --tty ''${tty:3} -c getcfg |
sed 's/theme: *\(.*\)/\1/;t;d' || true)
if [ "$theme" != "$prevTheme" ]; then
${splashutils}/${splashutils.controlName} --tty ''${tty:3} -c setcfg -t $theme || true
fi
${splashutils}/${splashutils.controlName} --tty ''${tty:3} -c setpic -t $theme || true
${splashutils}/${splashutils.controlName} --tty ''${tty:3} -c on || true
done
'';
postStop =
''
# Disable the theme on each console.
for tty in ${toString (map (x: x.tty) backgrounds)}; do
${splashutils}/${splashutils.controlName} --tty ''${tty:3} -c off || true
done
'';
};
};
}