Hello!
I am new to NixOS as of about 5 days ago. I have been able to successfully set up Hyprland by declaring it in my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and simply downloading then sourcing my dotfiles using home.file = { "file".source = "path/to/file" } in my home-manager home.nix but I would like to declare Hyprland using Nix syntax instead. I have been having issues for about 3 days straight now trying to get this working and I’ve narrowed it down to this one option
Any time I use wayland.windowManager.hyprland.enable = true; then log out and try to log back in, it crashes and gives me the same log. I have initialized a brand new set of home-manager files and changed the bare minimum to get hyprland enabled and it still fails. Here is what I have so far…
flake.nix
{
description = "Home Manager configuration";
inputs = {
# Specify the source of Home Manager and Nixpkgs.
nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
home-manager = {
url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
hyprland.url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";
};
outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, hyprland, ... }:
let
system = "x86_64-linux";
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
in {
homeConfigurations."home" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
inherit pkgs;
# Specify your home configuration modules here, for example,
# the path to your home.nix.
modules = [
hyprland.homeManagerModules.default
./home.nix
];
};
};
}
home.nix
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
home.username = "user";
home.homeDirectory = "/home/user";
home.packages = [
pkgs.dconf
pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
pkgs.wayland
];
home.file = {
};
home.sessionVariables = {
};
wayland.windowManager.hyprland = {
enable = true;
xwayland.enable = true;
wayland.windowManager.hyprland.extraConfig = '' <my config> '';
};
programs.home-manager.enable = true;
}
configuration.nix has…
{ inputs, config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
{
... blah blah ....
# nvidia config
hardware.nvidia = {
nvidiaSettings = true;
package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
};
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];
hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable = true;
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "nvidia" ];
# greetd & tuigreet
services.greetd = {
enable = true;
settings = {
default_session = {
command = "${pkgs.greetd.tuigreet}/bin/tuigreet --time --remember --remember-session --cmd Hyprland";
user = "greeter";
};
};
};
# environment variables
environment.sessionVariables = {
WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS = "1";
NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
VK_DRIVER_FILES = "/run/opengl-driver/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.x86_64.json";
GTK_THEME = "Adwaita-dark";
};
programs.hyprland = {
enable = true;
};
yet if I remove wayland.windowManager.hyprland.enable = true; from my home.nix and leave hyprland installed only through my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and use the following format to declare my configs it works just fine…
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
home.file = {
# autostart configuration
".config/hypr/config/autostart.conf".text = ''
###########################
### AUTOSTART ###
###########################
# default app launches
exec-once = exec feh --bg-scale $(cat ~/.fehbg | cut -d ' ' -f 3-)
exec-once = hyprpaper
exec-once = dunst
exec-once = systemctl --user start plasma-polkit-agent
exec-once = waybar
exec-once = swww-daemon
exec-once = nm-applet
exec-once = blueman-applet
# fix electron apps
#exec-once = LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i915 vdesktop --ignore-gpu-blocklist --disable-features=UseOzonePlatform --enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder --use-gl=desktop --enable-gpu-rasterization --enable-zero-copy
'';
};
}
And here is the crash report:
--------------------------------------------
Hyprland Crash Report
--------------------------------------------
I don't feel so good...
Hyprland received signal 11(SEGV)
Version: ceef4fb3a5efe1617790f56e2701846a21c2533d
Tag:
Date: 2024-12-05
Flags:
System info:
System name: Linux
Node name: hobbiton
Release: 6.6.63
Version: #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Nov 22 14:38:37 UTC 2024
GPU:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:46a6] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
os-release:
ANSI_COLOR="1;34"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues"
BUILD_ID="24.05.6835.0c5b4ecbed5b"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://nixos.org/learn.html"
HOME_URL="https://nixos.org/"
ID=nixos
IMAGE_ID=""
IMAGE_VERSION=""
LOGO="nix-snowflake"
NAME=NixOS
PRETTY_NAME="NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)"
SUPPORT_END="2024-12-31"
SUPPORT_URL="https://nixos.org/community.html"
VERSION="24.05 (Uakari)"
VERSION_CODENAME=uakari
VERSION_ID="24.05"
Backtrace:
# | /home/hobbit/.nix-profile/bin/Hyprland(_Z12getBacktracev+0x46) [0x6a3b56]
getBacktrace()
??:?
#1 | /home/hobbit/.nix-profile/bin/Hyprland(_ZN13CrashReporter18createAndSaveCrashEi+0xb84) [0x5d51a4]
CrashReporter::createAndSaveCrash(int)
??:?
#2 | /home/hobbit/.nix-profile/bin/Hyprland(_Z25handleUnrecoverableSignali+0x5f) [0x517e8f]
handleUnrecoverableSignal(int)
??:?
#3 | /nix/store/pacbfvpzqz2mksby36awvbcn051zcji3-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6(+0x40620) [0x7fa9f8160620]
??
??:0
#4 | /nix/store/pacbfvpzqz2mksby36awvbcn051zcji3-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6(+0x16aadd) [0x7fa9f828aadd]
??
??:0
#5 | /nix/store/pacbfvpzqz2mksby36awvbcn051zcji3-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6(__strdup+0x12) [0x7fa9f81c7ff2]
??
??:0
#6 | /nix/store/yi3i9rkcxdl13ks9rjsp63b226bx1rkc-mesa-24.0.7-drivers/lib/libEGL_mesa.so.0(+0x25aca) [0x7fa9e8618aca]
??
??:0
#7 | /nix/store/yi3i9rkcxdl13ks9rjsp63b226bx1rkc-mesa-24.0.7-drivers/lib/libEGL_mesa.so.0(+0x1d900) [0x7fa9e8610900]
??
??:0
#8 | /nix/store/yi3i9rkcxdl13ks9rjsp63b226bx1rkc-mesa-24.0.7-drivers/lib/libEGL_mesa.so.0(+0xf4a8) [0x7fa9e86024a8]
??
??:0
#9 | /nix/store/rg36s5s1f0vwyr7sqh5c11vdabn7xiqg-aquamarine-0.5.0+date=2024-11-18_4468981/lib/libaquamarine.so.4(_ZN10Aquamarine12CDRMRenderer7attemptEN9Hyprutils6Memory14CSharedPointerINS_13CGBMAllocatorEEENS3_INS_8CBackendEEE+0x611) [0x7fa9f9399381]
??
??:0
#1 | /nix/store/rg36s5s1f0vwyr7sqh5c11vdabn7xiqg-aquamarine-0.5.0+date=2024-11-18_4468981/lib/libaquamarine.so.4(_ZN10Aquamarine11CDRMBackend7onReadyEv+0x7b2) [0x7fa9f9361d82]
??
??:0
#11 | /nix/store/rg36s5s1f0vwyr7sqh5c11vdabn7xiqg-aquamarine-0.5.0+date=2024-11-18_4468981/lib/libaquamarine.so.4(_ZN10Aquamarine8CBackend5startEv+0x676) [0x7fa9f93269b6]
??
??:0
#12 | /home/hobbit/.nix-profile/bin/Hyprland(_ZN11CCompositor10initServerENSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEi+0x301) [0x533801]
CCompositor::initServer(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, int)
??:?
#13 | /home/hobbit/.nix-profile/bin/Hyprland(main+0xc4f) [0x6fcfef]
main
??:?
#14 | /nix/store/pacbfvpzqz2mksby36awvbcn051zcji3-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6(+0x2a27e) [0x7fa9f814a27e]
??
??:0
#15 | /nix/store/pacbfvpzqz2mksby36awvbcn051zcji3-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x89) [0x7fa9f814a339]
??
??:0
#16 | /home/hobbit/.nix-profile/bin/Hyprland(_start+0x25) [0x4d9165]
_start
??:?
Log tail:
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Explicit sync supported
[LOG] [AQ] drm: connector eDP-1 crtc supports CTM
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 245
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 245 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 245 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 257
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 257 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 257 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 263
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 263 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 263 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 272
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 272 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 272 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 281
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 281 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 281 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 291
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 291 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 291 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 293
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 293 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 293 connection state: 1
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector DP-6 connected
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connecting connector DP-6, CRTC ID 131
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Dumping detected modes:
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 0: 3840x1080@119.97Hz (preferred)
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 1: 5120x1440@100.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 2: 5120x1440@59.98Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 3: 3840x1080@99.96Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 4: 3840x1080@59.97Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 5: 2560x1440@59.95Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 6: 2560x1080@120.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 7: 2560x1080@119.88Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 8: 2560x1080@100.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 9: 2560x1080@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 10: 2560x1080@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 11: 2560x1080@59.94Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 12: 1920x1080@120.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 13: 1920x1080@119.88Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 14: 1920x1080@100.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 15: 1920x1080@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 16: 1920x1080@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 17: 1920x1080@59.94Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 18: 1680x1050@59.95Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 19: 1600x900@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 20: 1280x1024@75.03Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 21: 1280x1024@60.02Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 22: 1440x900@59.89Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 23: 1280x800@59.81Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 24: 1152x864@75.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 25: 1280x720@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 26: 1280x720@59.94Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 27: 1024x768@75.03Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 28: 1024x768@70.07Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 29: 1024x768@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 30: 832x624@74.55Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 31: 800x600@75.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 32: 800x600@72.19Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 33: 800x600@60.32Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 34: 800x600@56.25Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 35: 640x480@75.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 36: 640x480@72.81Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 37: 640x480@66.67Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 38: 640x480@60.00Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 39: 640x480@59.94Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Mode 40: 720x400@70.08Hz
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Physical size [Vector2D: x: 1190, y: 340] (mm)
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Description Samsung Electric Company C49RG9x H1AK500000 (DP-6)
[LOG] [AQ] drm: connector DP-6 crtc is incapable of vrr: props.vrr_capable -> 0, crtc->props.vrr_enabled -> 24
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Explicit sync supported
[LOG] [AQ] drm: connector DP-6 crtc supports CTM
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Scanning connector id 295
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector id 295 already initialized
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connector 295 connection state: 2
[LOG] [AQ] drm: gpu /dev/dri/card2 becomes primary drm
[LOG] [AQ] DRM Dumb: created a dumb allocator
[LOG] [AQ] Starting the Aquamarine backend!
[LOG] [AQ] Starting the Wayland backend!
[ERR] [AQ] Wayland backend cannot start: wl_display_connect failed (is a wayland compositor running?)
[ERR] [AQ] Requested backend (wayland) could not start, enabling fallbacks
[ERR] [AQ] Implementation wayland failed, erasing.
[LOG] [AQ] Created a GBM allocator with drm fd 41
[LOG] [AQ] drm: Connectors size2 9
[LOG] [AQ] Created a GBM allocator with drm fd 45
Things I have tried
- declaring env = AQ_DRM_DEVICES to force GPU or Integrated GPU usage
- enable/disable xwayland, systemd, systemd.enableXdgAutostart,
- tried using home-manager nixos syntax, also tried just using hyprland.extraConfig to write my config as is
- tried installing Hyprland through my home.nix and through my hyprland.nix
- writing entire config in my hyprland.nix file instead of splitting it up into sub-modules
- double checked I have nvidia modesetting and drm turned on
- install Hyprland via configuration.nix instead of home.nix, this results in Hyprland logging in successfully but with the default hyprland.conf
- install Hyprland via home.nix instead of configuration.nix, this results in crashes again
- enabling/disabling LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME and __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME in my enviroment variables
System Information:
Dell XPS 15 9520
i7-12700H (with integrated graphics)
Nvidia RTX 3050 Mobile
Kernel 6.6.63
Any help would be appreciated.