From f4e413a3ccda4f72587b21f437219f596e584d43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sam rolfe <samuelrolfe@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:03:52 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update zsh options and add greeter user for greetd

Co-authored-by: aider (openrouter/openai/gpt-5.2) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 docs/nixos_build_spec.md                    | 6 ++++--
 docs/software_inventory.md                  | 2 +-
 home/sam/home.nix                           | 4 ++--
 hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix | 7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/nixos_build_spec.md b/docs/nixos_build_spec.md
index 8dc20ea..f075691 100644
--- a/docs/nixos_build_spec.md
+++ b/docs/nixos_build_spec.md
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ Bootloader:
 
 ## Desktop
 - Primary compositor: Niri
-- Display/login manager: TBD (recommend greetd)
-- GPU: Intel HD 630 + NVIDIA Quadro P620 (confirm which drives monitors)
+- Display/login manager: greetd + tuigreet
+- Session start command: `niri --session` (do not use `niri-session`)
+- GPU: Intel HD 630 + NVIDIA Quadro P620
+- Display appears to be driven by NVIDIA Quadro P620 (observed `/dev/fb0` on Ubuntu scan). Treat NVIDIA as primary unless proven otherwise.
 
 ## Secrets policy
 - No API keys or WiFi PSKs committed to git
diff --git a/docs/software_inventory.md b/docs/software_inventory.md
index e8b6208..fc1b5dc 100644
--- a/docs/software_inventory.md
+++ b/docs/software_inventory.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Legend:
 - **niri** (primary compositor)
 - **greetd + tuigreet** (display/login manager)
 - **xwayland** (X11 compatibility where needed)
-- **xdg-desktop-portal** + **xdg-desktop-portal-gtk** (portals for file pickers / screen share baseline)
+- **xdg-desktop-portal** + **xdg-desktop-portal-gtk** + **xdg-desktop-portal-gnome** (portals baseline; improves screencast/screen share odds)
 - Clipboard:
   - **wl-clipboard**
 - Screenshots (Wayland):
diff --git a/home/sam/home.nix b/home/sam/home.nix
index b41e729..ddbd038 100644
--- a/home/sam/home.nix
+++ b/home/sam/home.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   # ---
   programs.zsh = {
     enable = true;
-    enableAutosuggestions = true;
-    enableSyntaxHighlighting = true;
+    autosuggestion.enable = true;
+    syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
 
     oh-my-zsh = {
       enable = true;
diff --git a/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix b/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix
index 71d0e25..93ba79c 100644
--- a/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/sam-4screen-desktop/configuration.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@
     shell = pkgs.zsh;
   };
 
+  # greetd runs the greeter session as this user; it must exist.
+  users.groups.greeter = { };
+  users.users.greeter = {
+    isSystemUser = true;
+    group = "greeter";
+  };
+
   # ---
   # SSH
   # ---