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-{{Lowercase_title}}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:i3}}
 {{Expansion|there are a lot more [https://search.nixos.org/options/?query=i3 options]}}
 [https://i3wm.org/ i3] is a tiling window manager for [[Xorg|X Window System]].
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 === Using home-manager ===
-{{file|~/.config/nixpkg/home.nix|nix|
+{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|
 <nowiki>
-#in configuration.nix
 services.xserver = {
    enable = true;
    windowManager.i3.enable = true;
-  };
+};
-  services.displayManager = {
+services.displayManager.defaultSession = "none+i3";
-    defaultSession = "none+i3";
+</nowiki>
-  };
+}}
-#in home.nix
+{{file|home.nix|nix|
-  xsession.windowManager.i3 = {
+<nowiki>
-    enable = true;
+xsession.windowManager.i3 = {
-    package = pkgs.i3-gaps;
+  enable = true;
-    config = {
+  config = {
-      modifier = "Mod4";
+    modifier = "Mod4";
-      gaps = {
+     # See home-manager documentation for everything you can add here.
-        inner = 10;
-        outer = 5;
-      };
-     };
    };
+};
 </nowiki>
 }}
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 [[Xfce#Using_as_a_desktop_manager_and_not_a_window_manager]].
-== Tips & tricks ==
+== Common issues ==
-=== I3-gaps fork ===
+=== i3lock doesn't recognize my password ===
+As of nixos 25.05, i3lock is no longer automatically configured to be able to use PAM to check passwords. If you installed i3 through nixos options, this is handled for you, but if you installed it elsewhere, such as through home-manager, then at minimum, you need to set:
-To use i3-gaps fork, the following line should be added to the configuration.nix:
+{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+security.pam.services.i3lock.enable = true;
+</nowiki>
+}}
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" inline>services.xserver.windowManager.i3.package = pkgs.i3-gaps;</syntaxhighlight>
+== Tips & tricks ==
 === i3blocks ===