Greetd - Revision history

Phobos: Reorganized and added ReGreet

2026-01-03T03:36:56Z

Reorganized and added ReGreet

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-[https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd greetd] is a minimal login manager.
+[https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd greetd] is a minimal and flexible login manager daemon.
-== Usage ==
+== Greeters ==
-Using this configuration, greetd will use the greeter <code>gtkgreet</code>, asking for user, password and which session to start as defined in the <code>/etc/greetd/environments</code> file:
+=== GTKGreet ===
 {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
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 </nowiki>}}
 In this minimal example, the Wayland compositor [[Sway]] automatically gets executed by the user <code>myuser</code> after successfull boot, no password required:
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 <code>initial_session</code> is executed automatically. If you just define <code>default_session</code>, greetd will ask for a password and execute <code>command</code> with user <code>myuser</code>.
 [[Category:Wayland]]

2025-12-29T17:41:35Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:41, 29 December 2025
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	}}		}}

	[[Category:~~Desktop environment~~]]		[[Category:Wayland]]

2024-04-24T20:27:24Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:27, 24 April 2024
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	* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start		* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start
	}}		}}

			[[Category:Desktop environment]]

2023-03-21T09:41:50Z

Remove "-c sway" from gtkgreet startup, because that functionality is already provided by specified "greetd/environments" file.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:41, 21 March 2023
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	swayConfig = pkgs.writeText "greetd-sway-config" ''		swayConfig = pkgs.writeText "greetd-sway-config" ''
	# `-l` activates layer-shell mode. Notice that `swaymsg exit` will run after gtkgreet.		# `-l` activates layer-shell mode. Notice that `swaymsg exit` will run after gtkgreet.
	exec "${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l ~~-c sway~~; swaymsg exit"		exec "${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l; swaymsg exit"
	bindsym Mod4+shift+e exec swaynag \		bindsym Mod4+shift+e exec swaynag \
	-t warning \		-t warning \

2023-03-21T09:40:50Z

Remove "-c sway" from gtkgreet startup option as that functionality is already provided by the specified "greetv/environments" file.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:40, 21 March 2023
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	swayConfig = pkgs.writeText "greetd-sway-config" ''		swayConfig = pkgs.writeText "greetd-sway-config" ''
	# `-l` activates layer-shell mode. Notice that `swaymsg exit` will run after gtkgreet.		# `-l` activates layer-shell mode. Notice that `swaymsg exit` will run after gtkgreet.
	exec "${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l; swaymsg exit"		exec "${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l -c sway; swaymsg exit"
	bindsym Mod4+shift+e exec swaynag \		bindsym Mod4+shift+e exec swaynag \
	-t warning \		-t warning \

2023-03-21T09:40:28Z

Remove "-c sway" from gtkgreet startup option as that functionality is already provided by the specified "greetv/environments" file.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:40, 21 March 2023
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	swayConfig = pkgs.writeText "greetd-sway-config" ''		swayConfig = pkgs.writeText "greetd-sway-config" ''
	# `-l` activates layer-shell mode. Notice that `swaymsg exit` will run after gtkgreet.		# `-l` activates layer-shell mode. Notice that `swaymsg exit` will run after gtkgreet.
	exec "${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l ~~-c sway~~; swaymsg exit"		exec "${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l; swaymsg exit"
	bindsym Mod4+shift+e exec swaynag \		bindsym Mod4+shift+e exec swaynag \
	-t warning \		-t warning \

2022-10-04T16:09:26Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:09, 4 October 2022
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	{{note\|1=<nowiki/>		{{note\|1=<nowiki/>
	If you're hosting gtkgreet in a Wayland compositor, ~~the delay~~ is a known issue between GTK portals and dbus. There are a couple known workarounds depending on the compositor you're using		If you're hosting gtkgreet in a Wayland compositor, there is a known issue, between GTK portals and dbus, of a delay before the greeter appears,. There are a couple known workarounds depending on the compositor you're using:

	* Cage: https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/issues/169#issuecomment-691659377		* Cage: https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/issues/169#issuecomment-691659377
	* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start		* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start
	}}		}}

2022-10-04T16:06:35Z

info by nat543207

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:06, 4 October 2022
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	<code>initial_session</code> is executed automatically. If you just define <code>default_session</code>, greetd will ask for a password and execute <code>command</code> with user <code>myuser</code>.		<code>initial_session</code> is executed automatically. If you just define <code>default_session</code>, greetd will ask for a password and execute <code>command</code> with user <code>myuser</code>.

			{{note\|1=<nowiki/>
			If you're hosting gtkgreet in a Wayland compositor, the delay is a known issue between GTK portals and dbus. There are a couple known workarounds depending on the compositor you're using

			* Cage: https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/issues/169#issuecomment-691659377
			* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start
			}}

2022-06-06T05:58:38Z

fix small typo

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:58, 6 June 2022
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	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>}}

	In this minimal example, the Wayland ~~compository~~ [[Sway]] automatically gets executed by the user <code>myuser</code> after successfull boot, no password required:		In this minimal example, the Wayland compositor [[Sway]] automatically gets executed by the user <code>myuser</code> after successfull boot, no password required:

	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>

2022-05-30T14:04:39Z

Add further configuration example

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 == Usage ==
-In this minimal example, the Wayland compository [[Sway]] automatically gets executed by the user <code>myuser</code> after successfull boot:
+Using this configuration, greetd will use the greeter <code>gtkgreet</code>, asking for user, password and which session to start as defined in the <code>/etc/greetd/environments</code> file:
 {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
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 };
 </nowiki>}}