`themes/engine/sddm.nix` defaulted `services.displayManager.autoLogin`
to `enable = true; user = "nomarchy";` (both mkDefault). The installer
flow overrode both with the real username at normal priority, so this
was invisible there — but a hand-migrated user (per docs/MIGRATION.md)
who imported `nomarchy.nixosModules.system` without setting
`autoLogin.user` would auto-login as a nonexistent "nomarchy" user and
SDDM would error. `docs/MIGRATION.md` even documented the override as a
post-import chore.
Flipped the default to `enable = lib.mkDefault false`. Installer
generates `enable = true` directly so its flow is unchanged. Migration
flow now gets the safe default — opt-in instead of opt-out — and the
docs row is updated to reflect the new shape.
The hardcoded "nomarchy" username fallback for `autoLogin.user` is the
same class of bug as the impermanence persistence block was. A future
roadmap row to consolidate "primary user" across impermanence,
autoLogin, and any future modules might be worthwhile, but it's
deferred — this commit is the immediate fix.
Found during Pillar 8 audit of first-boot UX.
`nomarchy-welcome` wrote a "starter" `~/.config/home-manager/home.nix`
for users without one. Two problems:
1. Wrong path. The installer-generated canonical home.nix lives at
`/etc/nixos/home.nix` and is imported via the flake (both
home-manager.users and the standalone homeConfigurations). Nothing
in the installer flow ever reads `~/.config/home-manager/home.nix`
— it's a dead file.
2. Broken content. The starter is missing `home.username`,
`home.homeDirectory`, `home.stateVersion`, and doesn't import
`nomarchy.nixosModules.home`. Even on a hand-migration path it
wouldn't evaluate as a standalone HM config.
So in the installer flow it's dead, and in the migration flow it's
broken. Removed Step 4 entirely. The git-init step (was Step 5) is
now Step 4. Hand-migrated users follow `docs/MIGRATION.md`, which has
the correct home.nix template.
Found during Pillar 8 audit of first-boot UX.
Laptop, Desktop, Accessibility, and Gaming presets all shipped on
2026-04-26 but were still tagged (Next). Reorders the pillar so the
two genuinely open items (dGPU auto-detect, Surface support) lead.
Pillar 3 audited script existence; Pillar 8 audits feature behavior.
Adds a per-component sweep methodology (10 components, one PR each on
wave/qa-<component>) and lists it on the Now board so the next session
can pick it up without re-deriving scope.
Cleanup pass on Pillar 4: removes two "(Now)" entries (software-profile
multi-select, form-factor → laptop preset) already in the Shipped log,
and promotes the two remaining open items ("What's installed?" summary,
non-LUKS branch) to the Now board.
2026-05-19 17:26:22 +01:00
4 changed files with 49 additions and 46 deletions
| User groups | needs `video render networkmanager` | Add to your `users.users.<user>.extraGroups` |
| User groups | needs `video render networkmanager` | Add to your `users.users.<user>.extraGroups` |
| `/etc/os-release` | `ID=nomarchy`, `NAME=Nomarchy` | A few third-party scripts grep `ID=nixos` — adjust them or rely on `ID_LIKE` (TBD) |
| `/etc/os-release` | `ID=nomarchy`, `NAME=Nomarchy` | A few third-party scripts grep `ID=nixos` — adjust them or rely on `ID_LIKE` (TBD) |
| autoLogin | `enable = true; user = "nomarchy";` (mkDefault) | Override with `services.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "<your user>"` or disable |
| autoLogin | `enable = false; user = "nomarchy";` (mkDefault) | Off by default — opt in with `services.displayManager.autoLogin = { enable = true; user = "<your user>"; };` if you want it |
Impermanence is **off** unless you set `nomarchy.system.impermanence.enable = true`,
Impermanence is **off** unless you set `nomarchy.system.impermanence.enable = true`,
and it requires a BTRFS layout with a `root-blank` snapshot. Don't enable it
and it requires a BTRFS layout with a `root-blank` snapshot. Don't enable it
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Guardrails (apply when adding anything):
### Now (ready to pick up)
### Now (ready to pick up)
-(Empty for now)
-**Full QA audit of shipped features.** Walk every feature/component end-to-end on a real install, fix what's small, log what's not. Runs as per-component PR sweeps — methodology in [Pillar 8](#8-pillar-qa-audit--features--components).
- **Installer: "What's installed?" summary on first boot.** Surface what the installer actually wrote (theme, font, profiles, drives, form factor) from `state.json` + `nomarchy-system-scripts` introspection so the user can verify before they start customising. Detail in [Pillar 4](#4-pillar-installer).
- **Installer: optional non-LUKS branch.** Let users explicitly opt out of FDE during install. Detail in [Pillar 4](#4-pillar-installer).
### Next (bigger lifts that build on Now)
### Next (bigger lifts that build on Now)
@@ -73,23 +75,23 @@ Each PR description should reference the row(s) in `docs/SCRIPTS.md` it closes,
## 4. Pillar: Installer
## 4. Pillar: Installer
-Software-profile multi-select (Now).
-"What's installed?" summary screen on boot of a freshly-installed system, sourced from `state.json` + `nomarchy-system-scripts` introspection (Now).
- Optional non-LUKS branch in the installer for users who explicitly opt out of FDE (Now).
- Richer disk metadata (Shipped).
- Richer disk metadata (Shipped).
- Form-factor → laptop preset (Now, depends on Pillar 5).
-`disko-golden.nix` variants for software-RAID and BTRFS-pool-as-root (Shipped).
-`disko-golden.nix` variants for software-RAID and BTRFS-pool-as-root (Shipped).
- Pre-flight resume polish (Shipped).
- Pre-flight resume polish (Shipped).
-"What's installed?" summary screen on boot of a freshly-installed system, sourced from `state.json` + `nomarchy-system-scripts` introspection.
-Software-profile multi-select (Shipped).
-Optional non-LUKS branch in the installer for users who explicitly opt out of FDE.
- Vendor matchers in `installer/hardware-db.sh` (Shipped — ROG Ally added; Surface/Framework/Lenovo entries corrected; Steam Deck + Snapdragon X documented as nixos-hardware-unsupported. CI now lints DB references).
- Surface support behind `nomarchy.hardware.isSurface` (Later).
- Auto-detect dGPU presence in `installer/hardware-db.sh` and pre-fill `hardware.nvidia.prime.{intel,nvidia}BusId` in the generated `system.nix` (driver stack itself is Shipped — see entry below).
- Auto-detect dGPU presence in `installer/hardware-db.sh` and pre-fill `hardware.nvidia.prime.{intel,nvidia}BusId` in the generated `system.nix` (driver stack itself is Shipped — see entry below).
- Surface support behind `nomarchy.hardware.isSurface` (Later).
- Vendor matchers in `installer/hardware-db.sh` (Shipped — ROG Ally added; Surface/Framework/Lenovo entries corrected; Steam Deck + Snapdragon X documented as nixos-hardware-unsupported. CI now lints DB references).
## 6. Pillar: Onboarding & docs
## 6. Pillar: Onboarding & docs
@@ -109,6 +111,33 @@ Each PR description should reference the row(s) in `docs/SCRIPTS.md` it closes,
-`nixosTest` per palette: boots `default` in a VM, screenshots the SDDM splash and the Hyprland desktop, diffs vs golden. Failure surfaces as CI red.
-`nixosTest` per palette: boots `default` in a VM, screenshots the SDDM splash and the Hyprland desktop, diffs vs golden. Failure surfaces as CI red.
- A small `bin/utils/nomarchy-bench-iso-build` that records ISO build time + size into a per-commit JSON so we notice regressions.
- A small `bin/utils/nomarchy-bench-iso-build` that records ISO build time + size into a per-commit JSON so we notice regressions.
## 8. Pillar: QA audit — features & components
Nomarchy now spans an installer, ~159 `nomarchy-*` scripts, a Hyprland desktop stack (Hyprland + waybar + walker + nightlight + idle), curated apps, a 22-palette theme engine, and two ISO hosts. Pillar 3 audited script *existence*; this pillar audits feature *behavior*. The goal: walk every shipped feature end-to-end on a real install, fix every bug or surprise inline when small, and capture the rest as new roadmap rows.
Runs as **per-component sweeps**. One PR per component, branch `wave/qa-<component>`. Don't grow scope mid-PR — bugs that need a new option, refactor, or missing module become a new **Now**/**Next** row.
Components (each is one sweep):
1.**Installer** — `installer/install.sh`, `installer/hardware-db.sh`, disko configs. Fresh install + `--resume` + `--dry-run`, on laptop and desktop, with FDE (non-LUKS branch is Later). Verify every generated file (`flake.nix`, `system.nix`, `home.nix`, `hardware-selection.nix`, `state.json`) is correct and idempotent.
2.**First-boot UX** — `nomarchy-welcome`, generated `home.nix`, SDDM and Plymouth metadata, default theme/font/panel position. Re-run on a clean VM; note every prompt that confuses and every default that's wrong.
3.**Core system modules** — `core/system/*` (laptop, desktop, accessibility, gaming, hybridGPU, impermanence, network, hardware, branding). For each: enable → rebuild → observe the claimed effect → disable → rebuild → observe it's gone. Cross-check against `docs/OPTIONS.md`.
4.**Core home modules** — `core/home/*` (options, state, behavior, overrides, deployed config). Verify every home-side `nomarchy.*` option does what its description claims; confirm `~/.config/nomarchy/overrides/` actually overrides.
5.**Desktop stack** — Hyprland (keybindings, window rules, monitors, input), waybar (every module × both panel positions × both form factors), walker (every launcher mode), idle, nightlight, notifications (mako). Reconcile `docs/KEYBINDINGS.md` against runtime.
6.**Apps** — `features/apps/*`. Each app: launches, themed via Stylix, configured as expected. Catches the "we package it but nobody configured it" class.
7.**Theme engine + palettes** — `nomarchy-theme-set` across all 22 palettes, font and wallpaper switchers, light-mode toggle. Verify per-palette Stylix targets render correctly across SDDM, Plymouth, GTK, Qt, terminals, browsers, waybar, walker.
8.**Scripts (runtime behavior)** — Pillar 3 confirmed existence; this sweep runs every user-visible script (especially every `nomarchy-menu` entry) on current NixOS and confirms it actually does the thing.
9.**ISOs** — boot `nomarchy-installer` and `nomarchy-live`; verify the `nomarchy-test-live-iso` flow; check the installer ISO ships every tool `install.sh` calls (regression class: `hardware-db.sh` missing, already shipped).
10.**Lib + state schema** — `lib/state-schema.nix`, color resolution, path helpers. Cross every codepath that produces `state.json` (installer, welcome wizard, hand-edit) against the schema; confirm bad inputs are rejected with a useful message.
Per-PR deliverable:
- PR body lists what was tested, what was broken, what was fixed inline, what was deferred (with the new roadmap row linked).
- Doc updates ride with the change per `docs/AGENT.md` §5.4.
- Don't bundle fixes across components — keep one component per branch so reviewers can spot-check end-to-end without context-switching.
Pillar is **done** when every component has a closed `wave/qa-<component>` PR and the roadmap captures every deferred finding.
# autoLogin defaults off so hand-migrated configs (no installer-written
# username) don't try to log in as a nonexistent "nomarchy" user. The
# installer-generated system.nix sets both `enable = true;` and
# `user = "$USERNAME";` at normal priority, overriding these defaults.
services.displayManager.autoLogin={
services.displayManager.autoLogin={
enable=lib.mkDefaulttrue;
enable=lib.mkDefaultfalse;
user=lib.mkDefault"nomarchy";
user=lib.mkDefault"nomarchy";
};
};
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