Display Managers - LeandroTheDev/arch_linux GitHub Wiki

sddm

• Download

• sudo pacman -S sddm sddm-kcm

• Load on boot

• systemctl enable sddm

• reboot

lightdm

• Download

• sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-slick-greeter numlockx

• Load on boot

• sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service

• Add the theme

• sudo vim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
• #greeter-session=lightdm-slick-greeter

• And the numlock script

• #greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on

Xinit

• Download

• sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit

• Add script

• sudo cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

• Edit file

• vim ~/.xinitrc

• Desktop Manager: startplasma-x11, startxfce4

Remove lasts lines and add

exec desktop-manager

Automatic login

• sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
• sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf

• Add, remember to change username

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -o '-p -f -- \\u' --noclear --autologin username %I $TERM

• reboot