SDDM - Revision history

Prabuanand: removed :Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

2025-05-25T15:18:01Z

removed Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:18, 25 May 2025
Line 73:		Line 73:
	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM SDDM - Archwiki]		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM SDDM - Archwiki]

	~~[[Category:Desktop]]~~
	[[Category:Display Managers]]		[[Category:Display Managers]]
	~~[[Category:Wayland]]~~

Prabuanand: fixed broken link

2025-02-06T09:00:26Z

fixed broken link

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:00, 6 February 2025
Line 1:		Line 1:
	SDDM, or ''Simple Desktop Display Manager'', is a display manager for [[~~X11~~]] and [[Wayland]] aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It is the recommended [[:Category:Display Managers\|display manager]] for the [[KDE\|KDE Plasma]] and [[LXQt]] desktop environments.		SDDM, or ''Simple Desktop Display Manager'', is a display manager for [[Xorg]] and [[Wayland]] aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It is the recommended [[:Category:Display Managers\|display manager]] for the [[KDE\|KDE Plasma]] and [[LXQt]] desktop environments.

	This page outlines the basic installation of SDDM, as well as some configuration options.		This page outlines the basic installation of SDDM, as well as some configuration options.

Sertonix: add wayland category

2023-11-06T23:24:04Z

add wayland category

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:24, 6 November 2023
Line 75:		Line 75:
	[[Category:Desktop]]		[[Category:Desktop]]
	[[Category:Display Managers]]		[[Category:Display Managers]]
			[[Category:Wayland]]

Sertonix: link archwiki

2023-08-25T17:53:32Z

link archwiki

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:53, 25 August 2023
Line 71:		Line 71:
	* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki SDDM Wiki]		* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki SDDM Wiki]
	* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm/blob/develop/data/man/sddm.conf.rst.in sddm.conf options]		* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm/blob/develop/data/man/sddm.conf.rst.in sddm.conf options]
			* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM SDDM - Archwiki]

	[[Category:Desktop]]		[[Category:Desktop]]
	[[Category:Display Managers]]		[[Category:Display Managers]]

Zcrayfish: Reverting because ck2 is not a reliable fix for the issue.

2023-08-23T23:50:22Z

Reverting because ck2 is not a reliable fix for the issue.

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:50, 23 August 2023
Line 66:		Line 66:

	This avatar can be set by renaming the desired image to {{Path\|~/.face.icon}}		This avatar can be set by renaming the desired image to {{Path\|~/.face.icon}}

	~~== Troubleshooting ==~~
	~~=== Shutdown / suspend / reboot buttons greyed out ===~~
	~~Installing {{pkg\|consolekit2}} may solve this problem.~~

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Zcrayfish: Added blurb about consolekit2.

2023-08-23T23:22:39Z

Added blurb about consolekit2.

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:22, 23 August 2023
Line 66:		Line 66:

	This avatar can be set by renaming the desired image to {{Path\|~/.face.icon}}		This avatar can be set by renaming the desired image to {{Path\|~/.face.icon}}

			== Troubleshooting ==
			=== Shutdown / suspend / reboot buttons greyed out ===
			Installing {{pkg\|consolekit2}} may solve this problem.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Zcrayfish: /* Installation */ Xephyr is required to use sddm --test-mode.

2023-08-15T18:31:18Z

Installation: Xephyr is required to use sddm --test-mode.

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:31, 15 August 2023
Line 7:		Line 7:
	Begin by installing the {{Pkg\|sddm}} package:		Begin by installing the {{Pkg\|sddm}} package:

	{{Cmd\|# apk add sddm}}		{{Cmd\|# apk add sddm {{pkg\|xorg-server-xephyr}}}}

	Test the service to see if it launches and works, then enable the service to launch at boot:		Test the service to see if it launches and works, then enable the service to launch at boot:

Sertonix: fix link to display manager

2023-07-03T08:49:18Z

fix link to display manager

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:49, 3 July 2023
Line 1:		Line 1:
	SDDM, or ''Simple Desktop Display Manager'', is a display manager for [[X11]] and [[Wayland]] aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It is the recommended [[Display ~~Manager~~\|display manager]] for the [[KDE\|KDE Plasma]] and [[LXQt]] desktop environments.		SDDM, or ''Simple Desktop Display Manager'', is a display manager for [[X11]] and [[Wayland]] aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It is the recommended [[:Category:Display Managers\|display manager]] for the [[KDE\|KDE Plasma]] and [[LXQt]] desktop environments.

	This page outlines the basic installation of SDDM, as well as some configuration options.		This page outlines the basic installation of SDDM, as well as some configuration options.

Sertonix: use path template

2023-07-03T08:45:01Z

use path template

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:45, 3 July 2023
Line 25:		Line 25:
	=== Themes ===		=== Themes ===

	Themes for SDDM are located in ~~<code>~~/usr/share/sddm/themes/~~</code>~~.		Themes for SDDM are located in {{Path\|/usr/share/sddm/themes/}}.

	Users can set the theme in ~~<code>~~/etc/sddm.conf~~</code>~~		Users can set the theme in {{Path\|/etc/sddm.conf}}


Line 38:		Line 38:
	Many themes can be found on GitHub under the [https://github.com/topics/sddm-theme the sddm-theme topic].		Many themes can be found on GitHub under the [https://github.com/topics/sddm-theme the sddm-theme topic].

	Copy a new theme folder to ~~<code>~~/usr/share/sddm/themes/~~</code>~~ and activate it by changing <code>Current=</code> to the name of the folder.		Copy a new theme folder to {{Path\|/usr/share/sddm/themes/}} and activate it by changing <code>Current=</code> to the name of the folder.

	==== Example ====		==== Example ====
Line 52:		Line 52:
	{{Cmd\|# cp -r my-new-theme/ /usr/share/sddm/themes/}}		{{Cmd\|# cp -r my-new-theme/ /usr/share/sddm/themes/}}

	Edit the configuration file in ~~<code>~~/etc~~</code>~~:		Edit the configuration file in {{Path\|/etc}}:


Line 65:		Line 65:
	The default (fallback) theme, as well as other themes, can show an avatar on the login screen.		The default (fallback) theme, as well as other themes, can show an avatar on the login screen.

	This avatar can be set by renaming the desired image to ~~<code>~~~/.face.icon~~</code>~~		This avatar can be set by renaming the desired image to {{Path\|~/.face.icon}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Bbbhltz: /* See also */ category fix

2023-04-23T11:42:14Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:42, 23 April 2023
Line 73:		Line 73:

	[[Category:Desktop]]		[[Category:Desktop]]
	[[Category:Display ~~Manager~~]]		[[Category:Display Managers]]