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m Added keyboard layout setting for declarative configuration. Would have helped me out. |
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Tuigreet does not even need a separate compositor to launch. | Tuigreet does not even need a separate compositor to launch. | ||
{{file| | {{file|||<nowiki> | ||
services.greetd = { | services.greetd = { | ||
enable = true; | enable = true; | ||
settings = { | settings = { | ||
default_session = { | default_session = { | ||
command = "${pkgs | command = "${pkgs.tuigreet}/bin/tuigreet --time --cmd sway"; | ||
user = "greeter"; | user = "greeter"; | ||
}; | }; | ||
}; | }; | ||
}; | }; | ||
</nowiki>}} | </nowiki>|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}} | ||
=== Automatic startup on boot === | |||
The snippet below will start Sway immediately on startup, without a greeter and '''without login prompt'''. Only consider using this in conjunction with [[Full Disk Encryption]]! | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
services.getty = { | |||
autologinUser = "your_username"; | |||
autologinOnce = true; | |||
}; | |||
environment.loginShellInit = '' | |||
[[ "$(tty)" == /dev/tty1 ]] && sway | |||
''; | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
== Configuration == | == Configuration == | ||
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== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||
=== Cursor is too tiny on HiDPI displays === | === Cursor is missing icons or too tiny on HiDPI displays === | ||
Using [[Home Manager]] try configuring a general mouse cursor size and theme | Using [[Home Manager]] try configuring a general mouse cursor size and theme. The reason that your cursor might be missing in some applications, is because <code>XCURSOR_THEME</code>is missing, which will cause applications relying on <code>XWAYLAND</code> to misbehave. Setting <code>sway.enable = true</code>, combined with the <code>name</code>, <code>package</code> and size will set the correct environment variables, which sway will then use. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">home-manager.users.myUser = { | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">home-manager.users.myUser = { | ||
home.pointerCursor = { | home.pointerCursor = { | ||
name = "Adwaita"; | name = "Adwaita"; | ||
package = pkgs | package = pkgs.adwaita-icon-theme; | ||
size = 24; | size = 24; | ||
x11 = { | x11 = { | ||
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defaultCursor = "Adwaita"; | defaultCursor = "Adwaita"; | ||
}; | }; | ||
sway.enable = true; | |||
}; | }; | ||
};</syntaxhighlight> | };</syntaxhighlight> | ||
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When this happens on a new nixos system, enabling opengl in configuration.nix may fix this issue. | When this happens on a new nixos system, enabling opengl in configuration.nix may fix this issue. | ||
{{Note|<code>hardware.opengl</code> was renamed to <code>hardware.graphics</code> in NixOS 24.11.}} | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
hardware. | hardware.graphics.enable = true; | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||