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

sddm 0.17.0                                        August 2015                                      SDDM.CONF(5)