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# Ly

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Ly is a lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD, designed with portability in mind (e.g. it does not require systemd to run).

## Installation

Install the ly package. For xserver support install xorg-xauth

### Dependencies

For the full Ly experience, Optionally install brightnessctl and durdrawAUR for screen brightness changer and custom animations.

## Usage

Two steps are required to start Ly at boot. First make sure to enable `ly@ttyX.service`, then disable `getty@ttyX.service` where X stands for a number from 1 to 6.

If you use systemd-logind to dynamically start `autovt@.service` instances when the switch to a new TTY occurs, any ly instances for TTYs except the default TTY need to be enabled using a different mechanism, see Ly documentation for instructions and systemd#Using units for information on template units.

## Configuration

System-wide ly configuration files are in `/etc/ly/config.ini` while user configuration files are in `~/.config/ly`

## Troubleshooting

### Login box has garbled characters

Make sure you have consolefont loaded before kms in your mkinitcpio.conf.

    /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

     HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf consolefont kms keyboard keymap block filesystems fsck)

## See also

- official Ly repository
- Ly on Github (mirror)
- emptty Display Manager
- Lemurs Display Manager

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