Init

hosts/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [ ./tuigreet ];
+}

hosts/tuigreet/default.nix

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+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  services.greetd = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      default_session = {
+        command = "${pkgs.greetd.tuigreet}/bin/tuigreet --remember --time --time-format '%I:%M %p | %a • %h | %F' --cmd Hyprland";
+        user = "greeter";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    greetd.tuigreet
+  ];
+
+  # this is a life saver.
+  # literally no documentation about this anywhere.
+  # might be good to write about this...
+  # https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/u0cdpi/tuigreet_with_xmonad_how/
+  systemd.services.greetd.serviceConfig = {
+    Type = "idle";
+    StandardInput = "tty";
+    StandardOutput = "tty";
+    StandardError = "journal"; # Without this errors will spam on screen
+    # Without these bootlogs will spam on screen
+    TTYReset = true;
+    TTYVHangup = true;
+    TTYVTDisallocate = true;
+  };
+}