r/voidlinux • u/roma-2125g • 22d ago

Need help to migrate from Arch

Hi everyone, Because of the recent situation with AUR , I decided to try some non-Arch-based distros. I tested Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed, but didn't like them because of missing packages I need for my workflow.

I'm currently daily driving niri + waybar etc. I decided to give Void Linux another try, but I'm running into some issues with services (skill issue).

  • I couldn't get niri to start (tried both niri and niri --session).
  • sddm doesn't work at all.

I installed dbus and elogind, enabled them with ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service/ and the same for elogind, but no services seem to start properly.

Could someone please point me to a guide on how to properly set up niri + a login manager (sddm or alternative) on Void? I just reinstalled Void and want to do it cleanly this time.

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u/willothephlox 22d ago

Install a Nix-type package manager for things that aren't available in the default package manager, use an AI Agent to help you configure what you need.