NAME

       sddm.conf - sddm display manager configuration

SYNOPSIS

       Configuration   loads   all  files  in  the  configuration  directories  followed  by  the
       configuration file in the order listed below with the latter having  the  most  precedent.
       Changes should be made to the local configurations.

       /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d
              System configuration directory

       /etc/sddm.conf.d
              Local configuration directory

       /etc/sddm.conf
              Local configuration file for compatibility

DESCRIPTION

       This file configures various parameters of the sddm display manager sddm(1).  If this file
       is not available, default values are used.

OPTIONS

       [General] section:

       HaltCommand=
              Halt command.  Default value is "/bin/systemctl poweroff".

       RebootCommand=
              Reboot command.  Default value is "/bin/systemctl reboot".

       Numlock=
              Change numlock state when sddm-greeter starts.  Valid values are on, off  or  none.
              If property is set to none, numlock won't be changed.  Default value is "none".

       InputMethod=
              Set  the  Qt  input  method for the greeter.  Tablet users with Qt Virtual Keyboard
              installed can set this to "qtvirtualkeyboard" for the  on-screen  keyboard.   Other
              known  values  are "ibus" for the Intelligent Input Bus, or "compose" for dead keys
              support.  Leave this empty if unsure.

       [Theme] section:

       ThemeDir=
              Path   of   the   directory   containing   theme   files.    Default    value    is
              "/usr/share/sddm/themes".

       Current=
              Name  of the current theme.  By default this setting is empty, meaning the embedded
              theme will be used.

       FacesDir=
              Path  of  the  directory  containing  face  files,  face   files   should   be   in
              username.face.icon format.  Default value is "/usr/share/sddm/faces".

       CursorTheme=
              Name of the cursor theme to be set before starting the display server.

       EnableAvatars=
              When  enabled,  home directories are searched for ".face.icon" images to display as
              their avatars. This can be slow on some file systems.  When disabled,  all  avatars
              will be default. Themes may choose to hide them altogether.  Default value is true.

       [X11] section:

       ServerPath=
              Path of the X server.  Default value is "/usr/bin/X".

       ServerArguments=
              Arguments to the X server.  Default value is "-nolisten tcp".

       XephyrPath=
              Path of the Xephyr.  Default value is "/usr/bin/Xephyr".

       XauthPath=
              Path of the Xauth.  Default value is "/usr/bin/xauth".

       SessionDir=
              Path   of   the   directory   containing   session   files.    Default   value   is
              "/usr/share/xsessions".

       SessionCommand=
              Path of script to execute when starting the user session. This script receives  the
              value of the "Exec" setting in the ".desktop" file of the selected session and runs
              it.  Default value is "/etc/sddm/Xsession".

       SessionLogFile=
              Path to the user session log file, relative to the home directory.   Default  value
              is ".local/share/sddm/xorg-session.log".

       UserAuthFile=
              Path  to  the  Xauthority  file,  relative to the home directory.  Default value is
              ".Xauthority".

       DisplayCommand=
              Path of script to execute when starting  the  display  server.   Default  value  is
              "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup".

       DisplayStopCommand=
              Path  of  script  to  execute  when  stopping the display server.  Default value is
              "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop".

       MinimumVT=
              Minimum virtual terminal number that will be used by  the  first  display.  Virtual
              terminal number will increase as new displays added.  Default value is 1.

       EnableHiDPI=
              Enables  Qt's  automatic  HiDPI scaling.  Can be either "true" or "false".  Default
              value is "false".

       [Wayland] section:

       SessionDir=
              Path   of   the   directory   containing   session   files.    Default   value   is
              "/usr/share/wayland-sessions".

       SessionCommand=
              Path  of script to execute when starting the user session. This script receives the
              value of the "Exec" setting in the ".desktop" file of the selected session and  run
              it.  Default value is "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session".

       SessionLogFile=
              Path  to  the user session log file, relative to the home directory.  Default value
              is ".local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log".

       EnableHiDPI=
              Enables Qt's automatic HiDPI scaling.  Can be either "true"  or  "false".   Default
              value is "false".

       [Users] section:

       DefaultPath=
              Default   path   to   set   after   successfully  logging  in.   Default  value  is
              "/bin:/usr/bin".

       MinimumUid=
              Minimum user id of the users to be listed in the user interface.  Default value  is
              1000.

       MaximumUid=
              Maximum  user id of the users to be listed in the user interface.  Default value is
              60000

       HideUsers=
              Comma-separated list of Users that shouldn't show up in  the  user  list.   Default
              value is empty.

       HideShells=
              Comma-separated  list  of  Shells of users that shouldn't show up in the user list.
              Default value is empty.

       RememberLastUser=
              If this flag is true, LastUser value will updated on  every  successful  login,  if
              false last user value won't be updated.  Default value is true.

       RememberLastSession=
              If  this flag is true, LastSession value will updated on every successful login, if
              false last session value won't be updated.  Default value is true.

       [Autologin] section:

       User=  Name of the user to automatically  log  in  when  the  system  starts  first  time.
              Default value is empty.

       Session=
              Name  of  the  session  to  automatically log in when the system starts first time.
              Default value is empty.

       Relogin=
              If true and User and Session are set automatic login will kick in again on  session
              exit, otherwise it will work only the first time.  Default value is false.

SEE ALSO

       sddm(1)

       The full documentation for sddm is available at https://github.com/sddm/sddm