A Simple theme variant for the SDDM Login Manager
Assumes that you've installed and configured SDDM correctly (if not read more)
Please make sure you have the following dependencies installed:
sddm >= 0.21.0, qt6 >= 6.8, qt6-svg >= 6.8, qt6-virtualkeyboard >= 6.8, qt6-multimedia >= 6.8
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For Arch Linux]sddmqt6-svgqt6-virtualkeyboardqt6-multimedia-ffmpeg -
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For Fedora Linux]sddmqt6-qtsvgqt6-qtvirtualkeyboardqt6-qtmultimedia -
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For OpenSuse TW]sddm-qt6libQt6Svg6qt6-virtualkeyboardqt6-virtualkeyboard-importsqt6-multimediaqt6-multimedia-imports -
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For Debian/ubuntu]sddmlibqt6svg6qt6-virtualkeyboard-pluginlibqt6multimedia6qml6-module-qtquick-controlsqml6-module-qtquick-effects
Edit the or create if it does not exist /etc/sddm.conf (with any text editor with raised privileges), so that it looks like this:
sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf # use any text editor with raised privilegesadd this lines
[Theme]
Current=simple_sddm_2
[General]
InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard
- By default, it is configured with 24H format. You can change to AM/PM variant by editing the theme.conf
sudo nano /usr/share/sddm/themes/simple_sddm_2/theme.conf # use any text editor with raised privilegesHourFormat="hh:mm AP. Make sure to disable the above of this part
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To change the default background, put desired image in the
/usr/share/sddm/themes/simple_sddm_2/Backgrounds/folder and add the name of the image followed by its extension (.jpgor.png) intheme.conffile. -
You can also customize it further if you wish in the
/usr/share/sddm/themes/simple_sddm_2/theme.conf(blur, form position, etc).




