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After you have installed Hyprland, you can either launch it from a TTY with
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`Hyprland` or from a login manager. Although login managers aren't officially
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supported, you might want to use `SDDM`, as it's been working flawlessly with wayland
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compositors.
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It is recommended you have `kitty` installed for terminal access, (example and
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autogenerated configs have it bound to <kbd>SUPER</kbd> + <kbd>Q</kbd>).
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Alternatively, manually change it in the config before launching Hyprland.
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If you have an Nvidia card, please also take a look at
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[The Nvidia page](../../Nvidia) before launching. You should **first** make a
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wrapper, as described in the section below, then follow the instructions from
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the Nvidia page, and then continue on with sections below.
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{{< hint type=important >}}
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Running Hyprland in a VM is **_unsupported_**. VMs employ a bunch of tactics that
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mess with Hyprland, on top of the fact that they do _not_ provide a GPU.
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If running Hyprland via `WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE=1 Hyprland` does not work,
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you are out of luck. Try installing it on a real machine.
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Although it's 100% possible to use Hyprland in a VM, if it's not launching it's 99.9%
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of the times your fault. Please also keep in mind software rendering is _REALLY_ slow.
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{{</ hint >}}
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# Wrapping the launcher (recommended)
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With Xorg, you get the `.xinitrc`. With Hyprland, you can create your own...
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kind of.
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Make an executable file somewhere in your `PATH`, for example `~/.local/bin/`,
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called (for example) `wrappedhl`
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In it, put:
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```bash
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#!/bin/sh
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cd ~
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export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
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export XCURSOR_SIZE=24
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exec Hyprland
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```
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You can add as many exported envvars as you need (Nvidia users might need a
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lot), but it's recommended to have _at least_ the shown two.
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You should now launch Hyprland with `wrappedhl` instead of `Hyprland`. Make sure
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to copy your `.desktop` file in `/usr/share/wayland-sessions/` and edit it if you use a
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login manager! You might need to put the full path in it, as login managers are
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usually not ran through the user account.
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{{< hint type=important >}}
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It is highly recommended to copy the desktop file to e.g. `wrapped_hl.desktop` instead of editing
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the provided one, as many package managers (and `sudo make install`) will **overwrite**
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the desktop file on updates. If you manually build Hyprland, consider using `sudo make cleaninstall` to preserve `hyprland.deskop`
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{{< /hint >}}
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# Immediate
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**OMG MY SCREEN IS BROKEN, FLASHY TEARY!** -> see the bottom of this page
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Once you log in, you'll be greeted with a yellow warning that will give you some
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basic keybind info of your pre-generated config.
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To make the warning to go away, remove the `autogenerated=1` line from hyprland.conf
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# Monitors
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Use `hyprctl monitors` to list available outputs. `hyprctl` will _not_ tell you
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what your monitor is capable of though, so if you want to check your resolution / refresh rate,
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use a tool like `wlr-randr`.
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Then, you can configure your outputs with
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```bash
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hyprctl keyword monitor NAME,RES@HZ,OFFSET,SCALE
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```
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`NAME` is the name of the display, e.g. `DP-1`. Can be empty for a global rule.
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`RES@HZ` is the resolution and refresh rate, e.g. `1920x1080@144`. Can be
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`preferred` for auto-detection.
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`OFFSET` is the position of the monitor, e.g. `0x0`. Can be `auto` to
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automatically add it to the right of the viewport.
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`SCALE` is the display scale, e.g. `1`
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example command:
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```plain
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hyprctl keyword monitor DP-3,1920x1080@240,1920x0,1
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```
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{{< hint type=important >}} These changes are **not** permanent! If you want to
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make those changes persist, configure your outputs in the config! {{< /hint >}}
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# Proper configuring
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Head onto the
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[Configuring Hyprland page](../../Configuring/Configuring-Hyprland) to learn all
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about configuring Hyprland to your likings.
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## Apps / X11 replacements
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See the [Useful Utilities page](../../Useful-Utilities) and the
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[Sway wiki page](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway)
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just about that.
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## Screenshare / GTK slow launch issues
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[FAQ (GTK issue)](../../FAQ/#some-of-my-apps-take-a-really-long-time-to-open)
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[FAQ (screensharing)](../../FAQ/#screenshare--obs-no-worky)
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## Screen broken on launch
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This usually happens due to your monitor not being very happy about the default
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settings.
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You can get your monitor's name(s) from the TTY.
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Exit hyprland, and then:
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- `cat /tmp/hypr/$(ls -t /tmp/hypr | head -n 1)/hyprland.log | grep monitor`
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will give you a bunch of logs about the connected monitors. Names like `DP-x`
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or `HDMI-x` etc are your monitor names.
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- edit `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf`
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- replace the `monitor=` line with `monitor=NAME,RES@Hz,OFFSET,SCALE`, for
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example `monitor=DP-1,1920x1080@60,0x0,1` (See [Monitors](#monitors) for more
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info about the values). You can also add multiple of those for multi-monitor
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setups.
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After this, upon launching Hyprland again, everything should be fine, provided
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you set an appropriate mode for your monitors.
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