[General] DisplayServer=wayland To add custom session entry:
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: sddm archlinux
sudo pacman -S sddm-kcm # KDE config module (if using KDE) sudo systemctl enable sddm sudo systemctl start sddm Note: Starting SDDM will kill your current X session. It's safer to enable and reboot: It's safer to enable and reboot: [Desktop Entry]
[Desktop Entry] Name=My Custom Session Comment=My custom Wayland session Exec=/home/user/.config/custom-session.sh Type=Application # Install sudo pacman -S sddm Enable and start sudo systemctl enable --now sddm Configure (optional) sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf Set theme sudo pacman -S breeze sudo sed -i 's/^Current=.*/Current=breeze/' /etc/sddm.conf sddm archlinux
sudo nano /usr/share/wayland-sessions/custom.desktop Example:
[General] DisplayServer=wayland To add custom session entry:
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 pacman -S sddm-kcm # KDE config module (if using KDE) sudo systemctl enable sddm sudo systemctl start sddm Note: Starting SDDM will kill your current X session. It's safer to enable and reboot:
[Desktop Entry] Name=My Custom Session Comment=My custom Wayland session Exec=/home/user/.config/custom-session.sh Type=Application # Install sudo pacman -S sddm Enable and start sudo systemctl enable --now sddm Configure (optional) sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf Set theme sudo pacman -S breeze sudo sed -i 's/^Current=.*/Current=breeze/' /etc/sddm.conf
sudo nano /usr/share/wayland-sessions/custom.desktop Example: