From 7fe5d085fd48af59542df5d03ae95116f0832545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marty Oehme <contact@martyoeh.me>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:17:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(wayland): Add display manager greetd and greeter
tuigreet
Sets up a login screen using tuigreet. From there the user is thrown
into a shell. Other units/services (usually, the user service `river`)
take care to start an actual wayland session for the user.
---
books/templates/greetd-config.toml.j2 | 18 +++++++++++++
books/void_wayland.yaml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 books/templates/greetd-config.toml.j2
diff --git a/books/templates/greetd-config.toml.j2 b/books/templates/greetd-config.toml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b2c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/books/templates/greetd-config.toml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[terminal]
+# The VT to run the greeter on. Can be "next", "current" or a number
+# designating the VT.
+vt = 7
+
+# The default session, also known as the greeter.
+[default_session]
+command = "tuigreet --cmd zsh"
+user = "{{ greeter_user }}"
+
+# `agreety` is the bundled agetty/login-lookalike. You can replace `/bin/sh`
+# with whatever you want started, such as `sway`.
+# command = "agreety --cmd /bin/sh"
+
+# The user to run the command as. The privileges this user must have depends
+# on the greeter. A graphical greeter may for example require the user to be
+# in the `video` group.
+#user = "_greeter"
diff --git a/books/void_wayland.yaml b/books/void_wayland.yaml
index ab335a1..91c651c 100644
--- a/books/void_wayland.yaml
+++ b/books/void_wayland.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,43 @@
- xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
state: present
+- name: Set up display manager
+ hosts: target_system
+ become: true
+ vars:
+ greeter_user: _greeter
+ tags:
+ - wayland
+ - greetd
+ - tuigreet
+ tasks:
+ - name: Ensure user group for greeter exists
+ ansible.builtin.group:
+ name: "{{ greeter_user }}"
+ state: present
+
+ - name: Install greetd and tuigreet
+ community.general.xbps:
+ name:
+ - greetd
+ - tuigreet
+ state: present
+
+ - name: Set up tuigreet config for greetd
+ ansible.builtin.template:
+ src: greetd-config.toml.j2
+ dest: "/etc/greetd/config.toml"
+ owner: root
+ group: root
+ mode: 0644
+ force: true
+
+ - name: Activate greetd service
+ ansible.builtin.file:
+ src: "/etc/sv/greetd"
+ dest: "/etc/runit/runsvdir/default/greetd"
+ state: link
+
- name: Install audio and video for wayland
hosts: target_system
become: true