diff --git a/Debian-10-(Buster)-Installation.md b/Debian-10-(Buster)-Installation.md index 9f8df7e..de78584 100644 --- a/Debian-10-(Buster)-Installation.md +++ b/Debian-10-(Buster)-Installation.md @@ -139,4 +139,46 @@ cd swaybg git checkout 1.0 meson build sudo ninja -C build install -``` \ No newline at end of file +``` + +### Using `sway` + +If you already have another desktop environment installed, you may be unable to boot to `sway` without messing with your display manager. To prevent your display manager from starting up on boot you can disable it via Systemd: +```` +sudo systemctl disable gdm3.service +```` +`gdm3` is used as an example here, your display manager may differ. + +Alternatively, you may prefer to switch the target environment to use by default from `graphical.target` to `multi-user.target`. More information on how Systemd targets work is described in [this article](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/systemd-essentials-working-with-services-units-and-the-journal). + +The simple instructions are to first check to see that you are actually using `graphical.target` with the command `systemctl get-default`. + +If you are, check to make sure that no critical services will be disabled when changing to `multi-user target`: +```` +$ systemctl list-dependencies graphical.target +graphical.target +● ├─accounts-daemon.service +... +● └─multi-user.target +● ├─anacron.service +... +● ├─basic.target +● │ ├─-.mount +... +```` +Only items that are children `multi-user.target` will remain active. If there are any essential services that are direct children of `graphical.target` or children of another target that depends on it, you can move their .service file from their appropriate `/lib/systemd/system/.target.wants` to the `/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.wants` directory. + +You can then change to use the multi-user target: +```` +systemctl set-default multi-user.target +```` + +By changing to the multi-user.target, you will be prompted to log in at a tty. After logging in you can run `sway` to start up your new window manager. If you would like to have sway start automatically on a specific tty, you can configure your `.bash_profile` file to do so: + +```` +if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then + exec sway +fi +```` + +If you are on a single-user system and are used to having your account auto-login, you can configure `getty` to log you into the same tty that you have set to automatically execute sway. See the [Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty#Automatic_login_to_virtual_console) on this topic. Note that this should only be done if you have some other layer of security such as a password-protected filesystem which is decrypted on boot. \ No newline at end of file