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42 changes: 41 additions & 1 deletion src/content/docs/v5/greeter/configuration.mdx
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title: Configuration
description: greeter.toml settings for sessions, color scheme, monitors, output mode, idle blanking, UI scale, cursor theme, and keyboard layout.
description: greeter.toml settings for sessions, color scheme, monitors, output mode, transforms, idle blanking, UI scale, cursor theme, and keyboard layout.
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- [Admin-only keys](#admin-only-keys)
- [Multi-monitor](#multi-monitor)
- [Output mode](#output-mode)
- [Output transform](#output-transform)
- [Idle blanking](#idle-blanking)
- [UI scale](#ui-scale)
- [Cursor theme](#cursor-theme)
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| `[output].layout` | Multi-monitor positions as `NAME:X,Y; ...` in logical pixels (see [Multi-monitor](#multi-monitor)) |
| `[output].width` | Preferred DRM mode width in pixels (see [Output mode](#output-mode)) |
| `[output].height` | Preferred DRM mode height in pixels (see [Output mode](#output-mode)) |
| `[output].transforms` | Per-connector DRM transform (rotation / flip; see [Output transform](#output-transform)) |
| `[output].scale` | Manual UI scale factor (see [UI scale](#ui-scale)) |
| `[idle].timeout` | Seconds with no input before blanking outputs; `0` disables (see [Idle blanking](#idle-blanking)) |
| `[cursor].theme` | Cursor theme name (e.g. `Adwaita`); missing → wlroots default cursor (see [Cursor theme](#cursor-theme)) |
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---

## Output transform

Portrait panels often need a DRM transform so the greeter UI is upright. Set `[output].transforms` to a semicolon-separated list of `CONNECTOR:TOKEN` entries:

```toml
[output]
# optional: pin greeter to the portrait panel only
# name = "HDMI-A-1"
transforms = "HDMI-A-1:270"
```

Supported tokens: `normal` / `0` / `none`, `90`, `180`, `270`, `flipped`, `flipped-90`, `flipped-180`, `flipped-270`.

Multiple connectors:

```toml
[output]
transforms = "DP-1:normal; HDMI-A-1:90"
```

:::note
Transform is independent of `[output].width` / `[output].height` (those select the physical DRM mode size before rotation) and of `[output].scale` (UI scale).
:::

Noctalia **Sync Now** does not write transforms yet — set them in `greeter.toml` by hand (or via your Nix module). Restart greetd after changes:

```sh
sudo systemctl restart greetd
```

List connector names from a running Wayland session:

```sh
noctalia-greeter outputs
```

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## Idle blanking

By default the greeter never blanks the screen. To turn off active DRM outputs after a period with no input, set `[idle].timeout` in seconds:
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