3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
index f561c5f8b7a9..357fa8ce8f36 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ in
           session.  Each session script can set the
           <varname>waitPID</varname> shell variable to make this script
           wait until the end of the user session.  Each script is used
-          to define either a windows manager or a desktop manager.  These
+          to define either a window manager or a desktop manager.  These
           can be differentiated by setting the attribute
           <varname>manage</varname> either to <literal>"window"</literal>
           or <literal>"desktop"</literal>.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
index cd9c3d81a0fb..8078b93a7574 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ in
       # lightdm relaunches itself via just `lightdm`, so needs to be on the PATH
       execCmd = ''
         export PATH=${lightdm}/sbin:$PATH
-        exec ${lightdm}/sbin/lightdm --log-dir=/var/log --run-dir=/run
+        exec ${lightdm}/sbin/lightdm
       '';
     };
 
@@ -246,12 +246,19 @@ in
     '';
 
     users.users.lightdm = {
-      createHome = true;
-      home = "/var/lib/lightdm-data";
+      home = "/var/lib/lightdm";
       group = "lightdm";
       uid = config.ids.uids.lightdm;
     };
 
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d /run/lightdm 0711 lightdm lightdm 0"
+      "d /var/cache/lightdm 0711 root lightdm -"
+      "d /var/lib/lightdm 1770 lightdm lightdm -"
+      "d /var/lib/lightdm-data 1775 lightdm lightdm -"
+      "d /var/log/lightdm 0711 root lightdm -"
+    ];
+
     users.groups.lightdm.gid = config.ids.gids.lightdm;
     services.xserver.tty     = null; # We might start multiple X servers so let the tty increment themselves..
     services.xserver.display = null; # We specify our own display (and logfile) in xserver-wrapper up there
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
index 1635c0f9acc5..2a9826177737 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
@@ -263,7 +263,9 @@ in
     };
 
     environment.etc."sddm.conf".source = cfgFile;
-    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/sddm/themes" ];
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ 
+      "/share/sddm" 
+    ];
 
     users.groups.sddm.gid = config.ids.gids.sddm;