From 1eb2dd350edbc69af8b2b3671283e1e5656aff8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benson Chu <dev@mail.pestctrl.io>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:51:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use i3wm for the second vnc server

---
 common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix | 8 ++++----
 hosts/Ythotha/configuration.nix | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix b/common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix
index 39bbae9..683cca6 100644
--- a/common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix
+++ b/common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pkgs: user: port:
+pkgs: user: display: port: xstartup:
 {
   enable = true;
   environment = {
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ pkgs: user: port:
     WorkingDirectory = "/home/${user}";
     Restart = "always";
 
-    ExecStartPre = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '${pkgs.tigervnc}/bin/vncserver -kill :1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || :'";
-    ExecStart = "${pkgs.xorg.xinit}/bin/xinit /home/${user}/.vnc/xstartup -- ${pkgs.tigervnc}/bin/Xvnc :1 -rfbauth /home/${user}/.vnc/passwd -rfbport ${port}";
-    ExecStop = "${pkgs.tigervnc}/bin/vncserver -kill :1";
+    ExecStartPre = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '${pkgs.tigervnc}/bin/vncserver -kill ${display} > /dev/null 2>&1 || :'";
+    ExecStart = "${pkgs.xorg.xinit}/bin/xinit /home/${user}/.vnc/${xstartup} -- ${pkgs.tigervnc}/bin/Xvnc ${display} -rfbauth /home/${user}/.vnc/passwd -rfbport ${port}";
+    ExecStop = "${pkgs.tigervnc}/bin/vncserver -kill ${display}";
 
   };
 
diff --git a/hosts/Ythotha/configuration.nix b/hosts/Ythotha/configuration.nix
index a3d3564..0f6972c 100644
--- a/hosts/Ythotha/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/Ythotha/configuration.nix
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@
 
   networking.hostName = "Ythotha"; # Define your hostname.
 
+  services.xserver.windowManager.i3.enable = true;
+
   # Make a VNC server available
-  systemd.services.vncserver = (import ../../common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix pkgs "benson" "5901");
-  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 5901 ];
+  systemd.services.vncserver_emacs = (import ../../common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix pkgs "benson" ":1" "5901" "xstartup");
+  systemd.services.vncserver_i3 = (import ../../common/exprs/make-vncserver.nix pkgs "benson" ":2" "5902" "i3");
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 5901 5902 ];
 
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
   users.users.benson = {