Sddm Archlinux ((new)) | PROVEN • HOW-TO |
Edit /etc/sddm.conf :
sudo pacman -S breeze
[Autologin] User=yourusername Session to start (e.g., plasma, sway, hyprland) Session=plasma.desktop 4. Install SDDM Themes List available themes: pacman -Ss sddm Popular themes: Breeze (KDE default): sddm archlinux
ls /usr/share/wayland-sessions/ # For Wayland ls /usr/share/xsessions/ # For X11 sudo systemctl disable gdm sudo systemctl enable sddm sudo systemctl stop gdm sudo systemctl start sddm 9. Wayland Support SDDM has experimental Wayland support. To enable:
sudo nano /usr/share/wayland-sessions/custom.desktop Example: Edit /etc/sddm
systemsettings Go to Startup and Shutdown → Login Screen (SDDM) Create/edit /etc/sddm.conf.d/numlock.conf :
[General] NumLock=on Halt command HaltCommand=/usr/bin/systemctl poweroff Reboot command RebootCommand=/usr/bin/systemctl reboot sddm archlinux
yay -S sddm-sugar-candy-git # or from AUR
