state.conf(5)

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version 0.21.0+git20251101.dfa5315 · 8 versions
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🌸 state.conf — the NAME section, bestie 🌸

state.conf — sddm display manager configuration 💅

Okay so real talk, this is the page for state.conf, and it belongs to the sddm manual. Yes, the sddm(5) manual, section 5, file formats, you know the drill 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

~sddm/state.conf

That's it. That's the whole synopsis. She's lowkey tiny and that's iconic of her 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So this file carries state configuration for the sddm display manager, aka sddm(1). It's where sddm stashes its little memory of what happened last time so it can be cute about it next time. No cap 🌈

👑 OPTIONS 👑

Not me about to tell you that all the options live in the [Last] section. Every single one of them. The [Last] section is the main character here and I'm obsessed 💜

  • Session= — the name of the session file of the last session that got selected. When the login screen pops up, this session will be preselected for you, because sddm remembers. The default value is empty. ✨
  • User= — the name of the last logged-in user. This username will be preselected/shown when the login screen shows up, so you don't gotta type it again, slay. The default value is empty. 🫶
Heads up bestie: the default for both of these is empty, so first boot is a clean slate, no assumptions, no drama 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • sddm(1) — go read her too, she's the whole display manager 💅

Also, the full documentation for sddm is available at:

https://github.com/sddm/sddm

Full docs, right there, go wild 🧚

And that's the whole page, fr fr. This one's from sddm 0.21.0, dated way back in August 2014 — yeah she's vintage, she's aged like fine wine, and she still runs your login screen 🍓 Byeee, go set your [Last] section 💜✨

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