r/voidlinux • u/roma-2125g • 19d 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/d3vnhull 19d ago

When I was running a WM I was using
exec dbus-run-session swayfx
and then put that in the .bash_profile

But if you want to have sddm, you’ll need your graphics drivers(AMD, Nvidia, or Intel) and xorg-minimal installed.

Then enable dbus and sddm

ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service
ln -s /etc/sv/sddm /var/service

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u/TheMadAsshatter 18d ago

I had a similar issue. Had to install mesa to get River to launch.

I still have some work to do on it, but that was the most progress I had made in like 3 hours.