Seatd: Difference between revisions

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= Installation =
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apk add seatd      # install seatd
{{Cmd|apk add {{Pkg|seatd}}       # install seatd
rc-update add seatd # configure it to auto-start
rc-update add seatd # configure it to auto-start
service seatd start # start it now
service seatd start # start it now
adduser $USER seat  # allow current user to access seatd
adduser $USER seat  # allow current user to access seatd
}}

Revision as of 10:02, 3 March 2024

Seatd is a seat manager and provides user sessions (mostly compositors) with access to input and output devices.

See the seatd documentation for further details.

When using elogind, seatd is not required and viceversa.

Installation

apk add seatd # install seatd rc-update add seatd # configure it to auto-start service seatd start # start it now adduser $USER seat # allow current user to access seatd