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Ly

Ly is a lightweight TTY display manager (login manager). This folder holds config.ini, which controls appearance, sessions, power keys, and optional autologin.

What the config does

• Authentication – Allow empty password (configurable); asterisk for password mask; clear password on failure (off); PAM service ly.
• Appearance – No animation; colours (bg, fg, border, error, etc.) in 32-bit hex; blank box; optional clock/bigclock; 24-bit colour.
• Sessions – Wayland sessions from /usr/share/wayland-sessions, X from /usr/share/xsessions, custom from /etc/ly/custom-sessions; xinitrc from ~/.xinitrc.
• Power/brightness – Shutdown (F1), restart (F2), sleep (F3), hibernate (F4); brightness F5/F6 via brightnessctl.
• Autologin – Optional: auto_login_user = ls, auto_login_session = null (set to e.g. hyprland to auto-start a session), auto_login_service = ly-autologin.
• Paths – Login defs, log file, session log (e.g. .local/state/ly-session.log), setup script /etc/ly/setup.sh.
• Input – Default input = login; vi mode off; numlock off; save last desktop/session.

How to use it

1. Install Ly and enable the service: systemctl enable ly.
2. Copy or symlink config.ini to ~/.config/ly/config.ini (or the path Ly uses on your system).
3. Edit options as needed: set auto_login_session to your session (e.g. hyprland) if you want autologin; adjust brightness/power commands and keys for your hardware.
4. Reboot or switch to Ly (e.g. disable other DMs first). Ly will show a TTY login; after login you can pick a Wayland/X session.

File reference

File	Purpose
config.ini	All Ly options: auth, theme, sessions, power, autologin