displayManager

`services.displayManager.autoLogin`

Auto login configuration attrset.

Type: submodule

Default

{ }

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.autoLogin.enable`

Automatically log in as {option}autoLogin.user.

Type: boolean

Default

config.services.displayManager.autoLogin.user != null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.autoLogin.user`

User to be used for the automatic login.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.defaultSession`

Graphical session to pre-select in the session chooser (only effective for GDM, LightDM and SDDM).

On GDM, LightDM and SDDM, it will also be used as a session for auto-login.

Type: session name

Default

null

Example

"gnome"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.enable`

Whether to enable systemd's display-manager service. Type: boolean

Default

false

Example

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.environment`

Additional environment variables needed by the display manager. Type: attribute set of unspecified value

Default

{ }

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.execCmd`

Command to start the display manager. Type: string

Example

"${pkgs.lightdm}/bin/lightdm"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.hiddenUsers`

A list of users which will not be shown in the display manager.

Type: list of string

Default

["nobody"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.logToFile`

Whether the display manager redirects the output of the session script to {file}~/.xsession-errors.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.logToJournal`

Whether the display manager redirects the output of the session script to the systemd journal.

Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.preStart`

Script executed before the display manager is started. Type: strings concatenated with "\n"

Default

""

Example

"rm -f /var/log/my-display-manager.log"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.autoLogin.minimumUid`

Minimum user ID for auto-login user.

Type: 16 bit unsigned integer; between 0 and 65535 (both inclusive)

Default

1000

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.autoLogin.relogin`

If true automatic login will kick in again on session exit (logout), otherwise it will only log in automatically when the display-manager is started.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.autoNumlock`

Enable numlock at login.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.enable`

Whether to enable sddm as the display manager.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.enableHidpi`

Whether to enable automatic HiDPI mode.

Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.extraPackages`

Extra Qt plugins / QML libraries to add to the environment.

Type: list of package

Default

"[]"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.package`

The sddm package to use. Type: package

Default

pkgs.plasma5Packages.sddm

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.settings`

Extra settings merged in and overwriting defaults in sddm.conf.

Type: attribute set of section of an INI file (attrs of INI atom (null, bool, int, float or string))

Default

{ }

Example

{Autologin = {Session = "plasma.desktop";User = "john";};}

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.setupScript`

A script to execute when starting the display server. DEPRECATED, please use {option}services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands.

Type: string

Default

""

Example

'' # workaround for using NVIDIA Optimus without Bumblebee xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0 xrandr --auto''

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.stopScript`

A script to execute when stopping the display server.

Type: string

Default

""

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.theme`

Greeter theme to use.

Type: string

Default

""

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.wayland.compositor`

The compositor to use: kwin, weston Type: one of "kwin", "weston"

Default

"weston"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sddm.wayland.enable`

Whether to enable experimental Wayland support. Type: boolean

Default

false

Example

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/sddm.nix

`services.displayManager.sessionPackages`

A list of packages containing x11 or wayland session files to be passed to the display manager.

Type: list of package with provided sessions

Default

[ ]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/default.nix