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fix #29526
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nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.xml
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@ -59,6 +59,32 @@
<screen>
# systemctl start display-manager.service
</screen>
<simplesect xml:id="sec-x11-auto-login">
<title>Auto-login</title>
<para>
The x11 login screen can be skipped entirely, automatically logging you into
your window manager and desktop environment when you boot your computer.
</para>
<para>
This is especially helpful if you have disk encryption enabled. Since you
already have to provide a password to decrypt your disk, entering a second
password to login can be redundant.
</para>
<para>
To enable auto-login, you need to define your default window manager and
desktop environment. If you wanted no desktop environment and i3 as your your
windowzmanager, you'd define:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.desktopManager.default"/> = "none";
<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.windowManager.default"/> = "i3";
</programlisting>
And, finally, to enable auto-login for a user <literal>johndoe</literal>:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.displayManager.auto.enable"/> = true;
<xref linkend="opt-services.xserver.displayManager.auto.user"/> = "johndoe";
</programlisting>
</para>
</simplesect>
</para>
<simplesect xml:id="sec-x11-graphics-cards-nvidia">
<title>NVIDIA Graphics Cards</title>