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FAQ_Login_Managers

brockar edited this page Mar 9, 2026 · 8 revisions

Login Managers (SDDM, GDM, etc.)

SDDM Sequoia virtual keyboards

See the instruction from the author if you want to use virtual keyboards on your SDDM.

Installed zsh but no autostart of Hyprland after login

This was disabled (around May 2024) because some users using the Distro-Hyprland scripts alongside other Desktop Environments (GNOME or Plasma) found that Hyprland would start even when they tried to log into their other environment.

To re-enable autostart, edit ~/.zprofile and remove the comment hashes (#) from the first lines.

After installing on GNOME or Plasma, it starts the DE instead of Hyprland

  1. Disable auto-login and log out.
  2. Choose Hyprland (NOT Hyprland-uswm-managed) in GDM or SDDM as shown below.

If you don't see Hyprland as an option, it may not have installed properly. Check the install logs in your Distro-Hyprland/install-logs directory and re-run the ./install.sh script.

It goes back to the login manager after trying to log in

Check your logs. This usually means Hyprland or required packages were not installed properly, or you are in a VM without 3D acceleration enabled.

You can try to run Hyprland manually:

  1. Press CTRL + ALT + F2 (or F3) and log in.
  2. Type Hyprland.

If the command is not found, check the Distro-Hyprland/install-logs directory to see what packages failed to install.

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