I want a display manager that shows the desktop as the background, instead of a background image or video. I’m thinking of auto-logging in on boot, and adding another startup command to Hyprland to lock the desktop and show the display manger. My searches didn’t yield anything. The closest I could find is hyprlock which blurs the desktop, but that’s just a lock screen & not a proper display manager.

  • tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    3 hours ago

    When you log out, have a script take screenshot, blur it and save to a known file.

    Conf your display manager to use that file as background.

  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
    10·
    1 day ago

    Display managers handles sessions. A “desktop” is a session and if none are started yet, how can it display it?

    Lockscreen and display managers are two different things. They are not the same and does not have the same functionality.

    • TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      I’m thinking of auto-logging in on boot, and adding another startup command to Hyprland to lock the desktop and show the display manger.

      I’m wondering if this is possible though for a transparent display manager background.