From ef621295d7901cb5b3ca48350825f8bcd3ba6c78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rope <fredrik@nordhammer.it>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 17:19:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] desktop: silence start-hyprland VT output to keep retained
 splash

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 settings/desktop.nix | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/settings/desktop.nix b/settings/desktop.nix
index 3fa542c..0007c01 100644
--- a/settings/desktop.nix
+++ b/settings/desktop.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
       # flash between splash and Hyprland).
       greeterManagesPlymouth = true;
       settings.default_session = {
-        command = "${config.programs.hyprland.package}/bin/start-hyprland";
+        # start-hyprland prints an ASCII logo to the VT, which repaints the
+        # console over the retained splash frame — silence it (Hyprland still
+        # logs to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/*/hyprland.log).
+        command = toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "hyprland-session" ''
+          exec ${config.programs.hyprland.package}/bin/start-hyprland >/dev/null 2>&1
+        '');
         user = "fred";
       };
     };