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| author | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-09-17 14:51:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-09-17 14:51:47 +0200 |
| commit | b1e9891f195c39b1e288f2da3a0dbff78ac1b73b (patch) | |
| tree | 600b872db426aa88a733bff61c553edfea1b8ba4 | |
| parent | 27ef16187a672acb96e8d930e0ab4bf893ad8f6a (diff) | |
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docs: keep the theme.conf.user symlink in the user's home
The install block ran in a root shell, where ~ and $HOME expand to
/root, so the symlink pointed at /root/.local/share/udt and the
greeter silently fell back to theme.conf and the bundled power icons.
Run the block with sudo from the user's shell, and drop the obsolete
LoginCard.qml on upgrade.
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ when a theme has no match, the bundled `theme/icons/*.svg` draw instead. ## Install The theme code is copied by root, then SDDM is pointed at it. Both are one-time -root edits: +root edits. Run them with `sudo` from your own shell, so `$HOME` is your home, +not root's; in a root shell write the full path instead: - install -d /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt - cp -r <this repo>/theme/. /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt/ - ln -sfn ~/.local/share/udt/sddm-theme.conf /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt/theme.conf.user + sudo install -d /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt + sudo cp -r <this repo>/theme/. /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt/ + sudo rm -f /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt/components/LoginCard.qml + sudo ln -sfn "$HOME/.local/share/udt/sddm-theme.conf" /usr/share/sddm/themes/udt/theme.conf.user + +The symlink must point at your home. If it points at `/root`, the greeter finds +no live config and silently falls back to the static `theme.conf` palette and +the bundled power icons. Select the theme by setting `Current=udt` under `[Theme]` in `/etc/sddm.conf`. That file has the highest precedence in SDDM's config order |