diff --git a/packaging/lightdm-99-yserver.conf b/packaging/lightdm-99-yserver.conf
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+# Use yserver as lightdm's X server for a graphical login.
+#
+# Install with:
+#   sudo install -Dm0644 /usr/share/yserver/lightdm-99-yserver.conf \
+#       /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/99-yserver.conf
+#   sudo systemctl restart lightdm   # from a free TTY
+#
+# lightdm exec's xserver-command with X-style argv (":N", a -auth cookie file,
+# etc.) and waits for the SIGUSR1 readiness signal; yserver handles both.
+
+[Seat:*]
+xserver-command=/usr/bin/yserver
diff --git a/packaging/yserver-session b/packaging/yserver-session
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Launch yserver on a display/VT, wait for it to come up, then run the
+# configured X session. Used by yserver@.service; mirrors `just startx`.
+#
+#   $1                — display/VT number (the systemd instance %i)
+#   YSERVER_SESSION   — command to run as the X client session
+#                       (default: the system xinitrc)
+#   YSERVER_ARGS      — extra arguments passed to yserver
+#
+# When the session command exits, yserver is torn down.
+
+set -eu
+
+display="${1:-7}"
+: "${YSERVER_SESSION:=/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc}"
+: "${YSERVER_ARGS:=}"
+
+# Start the server on :N / vtN.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086  # YSERVER_ARGS is intentionally word-split.
+/usr/bin/yserver ":${display}" "vt${display}" ${YSERVER_ARGS} &
+ypid=$!
+
+# Wait (up to 30s) for the X socket to appear before launching clients.
+i=0
+while [ ! -S "/tmp/.X11-unix/X${display}" ]; do
+    if ! kill -0 "$ypid" 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo "yserver-session: yserver exited before the display was ready" >&2
+        wait "$ypid" 2>/dev/null || true
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    i=$((i + 1))
+    [ "$i" -ge 30 ] && break
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+# Run the session as an ordinary X client. Strip any inherited Wayland
+# environment so toolkits pick the X11 backend.
+env -u WAYLAND_DISPLAY -u WAYLAND_SOCKET \
+    XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 DISPLAY=":${display}" \
+    sh -c "${YSERVER_SESSION}"
+
+# Session ended — bring the server down.
+kill -TERM "$ypid" 2>/dev/null || true
+wait "$ypid" 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/packaging/yserver.spec b/packaging/yserver.spec
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+# RPM spec for yserver — a modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust.
+## In honor of Seth Vidal https://www.redhat.com/it/blog/thank-you-seth-vidal
+
+# Builds two binaries:
+#   yserver  — standalone DRM/KMS X11 server (drives the GPU directly)
+#   ynest    — nested X11 server (runs as a window inside another X server,
+#              the Xephyr/Xnest equivalent)
+#
+# ── Local build ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+#   git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=yserver-1.0.0/ -o \
+#       ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/yserver-1.0.0.tar.gz HEAD
+#   rpmbuild -ba packaging/yserver.spec
+#
+# ── COPR ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+#   Upload this spec; COPR fetches Source0 from GitHub and builds for every
+#   enabled chroot/arch. The BuildRequires below are all arch-neutral package
+#   names present on every Fedora arch (x86_64, aarch64, …), so no %ifarch
+#   guards are needed.
+#
+#   IMPORTANT: cargo downloads crate dependencies from crates.io during %build.
+#   COPR builds run in mock with networking DISABLED by default, so you must
+#   tick "Enable internet access during builds" in the COPR project settings
+#   (or `copr-cli modify <project> --enable-net on`). Alternatively, ship a
+#   `cargo vendor` tree in the tarball and build with `--offline`; see the
+#   commented block in %build.
+
+%global crate_name yserver
+
+Name:           yserver
+Version:        1.0.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        A modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust (DRM/KMS + Vulkan)
+
+# The shipped LICENSE file is MIT. (Note: the workspace Cargo.toml currently
+# declares GPL-3.0-only — that mismatch should be reconciled upstream.)
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/joske/yserver
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/v%{version}/%{crate_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+#
+# For LOCAL testing without pushing, comment the line above and build a
+# tarball from your working tree into ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES first (a bare
+# filename resolves against %%{_sourcedir}):
+#   git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=%{crate_name}-%{version}/ \
+#       -o ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/%{crate_name}-%{version}.tar.gz HEAD
+#Source0:        %{crate_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+Source1:        yserver@.service
+Source2:        yserver-session
+Source3:        yserver.sysconfig
+Source4:        lightdm-99-yserver.conf
+
+# ── Build dependencies ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Rust toolchain. edition = "2024" / resolver = "3" require Rust/Cargo >= 1.85.
+BuildRequires:  rust >= 1.85
+BuildRequires:  cargo >= 1.85
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+
+# build.rs compiles the GLSL composite shaders to SPIR-V with glslc (shaderc).
+BuildRequires:  glslc
+
+# C libraries linked by the native crates (libseat, input, xkbcommon,
+# freetype-rs, fontconfig, the xshmfence helper, and libudev via the `input`
+# stack). pkg-config files come from the matching -devel packages.
+BuildRequires:  libseat-devel
+BuildRequires:  libxshmfence-devel
+BuildRequires:  libxkbcommon-devel
+BuildRequires:  libinput-devel
+BuildRequires:  fontconfig-devel
+BuildRequires:  freetype-devel
+BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
+
+# %%systemd_post / %%systemd_preun / %%systemd_postun scriptlets and %%{_unitdir}.
+BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
+
+# ── Runtime dependencies ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# The shared libraries linked above are picked up automatically by RPM's ELF
+# dependency generator; they are listed here explicitly for documentation.
+Requires:       libseat
+Requires:       libxshmfence
+Requires:       libxkbcommon
+Requires:       libinput
+Requires:       fontconfig
+Requires:       freetype
+
+# yserver renders through Vulkan via `ash`, which dlopen()s libvulkan.so.1 at
+# runtime — this is NOT visible to the ELF dependency generator, so require the
+# loader explicitly.
+Requires:       vulkan-loader
+
+# A Vulkan ICD is needed for actual rendering. Mesa covers virtio-gpu, AMD,
+# Intel and (via NVK) Nouveau; proprietary drivers ship their own ICD, so this
+# is a Recommends rather than a hard Requires.
+Recommends:     mesa-vulkan-drivers
+
+# Core X11 bitmap fonts, for legacy clients that use the server-side font path.
+Recommends:     xorg-x11-fonts-misc
+Recommends:     xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi
+Recommends:     xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi
+
+# Optional: lightdm is the documented way to launch yserver for a graphical
+# login (see %%{_datadir}/yserver/lightdm-99-yserver.conf).
+Suggests:       lightdm
+
+%description
+yserver is a modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust. The goal is not
+to clone Xorg but to provide a practical X11 server that runs real desktop
+environments, window managers and applications on modern Linux while dropping
+legacy baggage (multiple screens, non-TrueColor visuals, indirect GLX, the DDX
+driver ABI, endian-swapped clients, and so on).
+
+It drives the GPU directly through atomic DRM/KMS, composites with Vulkan, uses
+libseat for seat/VT management and libinput for input. It can run full
+MATE/XFCE/Cinnamon desktops and window managers such as FVWM3, e16 and wmaker,
+and implements a broad set of extensions (Composite, DAMAGE, DRI3, GLX, Present,
+RANDR, RENDER, SHAPE, SYNC, XFIXES, XInput, and more).
+
+This package provides:
+  * yserver — the standalone DRM/KMS server
+  * ynest   — a nested server that runs inside another X server (like Xephyr)
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{crate_name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+# Online build (default): cargo fetches dependencies from crates.io.
+# Requires network access in the build chroot (see the COPR note in the header).
+cargo build --release --locked
+
+# ── Offline / vendored alternative ───────────────────────────────────────────
+# If you ship a `cargo vendor` tree in the tarball and a .cargo/config.toml
+# that points at it, replace the line above with:
+#   cargo build --release --offline
+# This makes the build fully hermetic and removes the COPR network requirement.
+
+%install
+# Binaries
+install -Dm0755 target/release/yserver %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/yserver
+install -Dm0755 target/release/ynest   %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ynest
+
+# systemd template unit + its session launcher and config
+install -Dm0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/yserver@.service
+install -Dm0755 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/yserver-session
+install -Dm0644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/yserver
+
+# Example lightdm drop-in (not active until copied into lightdm.conf.d/)
+install -Dm0644 %{SOURCE4} \
+    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/lightdm-99-yserver.conf
+
+%post
+%systemd_post yserver@.service
+
+%preun
+# Template units: %%systemd_preun handles instances via the @ unit name.
+%systemd_preun yserver@.service
+
+%postun
+%systemd_postun_with_restart yserver@.service
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md docs/high-level-design.md
+%{_bindir}/yserver
+%{_bindir}/ynest
+%{_unitdir}/yserver@.service
+%{_libexecdir}/yserver-session
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/yserver
+%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/lightdm-99-yserver.conf
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jun 12 2026 John Boero <boeroboy@gmail.com> - 1.0.0-1
+- Initial RPM packaging
+- Standalone DRM/KMS server (yserver) and nested server (ynest)
+- systemd template unit yserver@.service + session launcher
+- Example lightdm drop-in for graphical-login integration
diff --git a/packaging/yserver.sysconfig b/packaging/yserver.sysconfig
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+# Configuration for yserver@.service (sourced by /usr/libexec/yserver-session).
+
+# Command run as the X session once yserver is up. Point this at your window
+# manager, desktop session, or a custom script. Defaults to the system xinitrc.
+#YSERVER_SESSION=/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
+#YSERVER_SESSION=startxfce4
+#YSERVER_SESSION=mate-session
+
+# Extra arguments passed to the yserver binary, e.g.:
+#   -nolisten tcp        disable the TCP listener
+#   -auth /path/Xauth    use an MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 authority file
+#YSERVER_ARGS=
diff --git a/packaging/yserver@.service b/packaging/yserver@.service
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+# yserver standalone X11 server — systemd template unit.
+#
+# Starts yserver on display/VT %i in direct DRM/KMS mode and then runs the
+# configured X session (a window manager / desktop / xinitrc). This is the
+# "kiosk / headless box" deployment; for an interactive graphical *login*,
+# prefer launching yserver from lightdm instead — see
+# /usr/share/yserver/lightdm-99-yserver.conf.
+#
+# Enable on, e.g., VT 7:
+#   sudo systemctl enable --now yserver@7.service
+#
+# Configure the session command and extra args in /etc/sysconfig/yserver.
+#
+# NOTE: started this way yserver runs OUTSIDE a logind session, so libseat has
+# no seat to manage and yserver falls back to driving KMS/input directly. That
+# requires device access (granted below via SupplementaryGroups) and means VT
+# switching is unavailable while it runs (see the README's known limitations).
+
+[Unit]
+Description=yserver standalone X11 server on display %i
+Documentation=https://github.com/joske/yserver
+After=systemd-user-sessions.service systemd-logind.service plymouth-quit.service
+After=getty@tty%i.service
+Conflicts=getty@tty%i.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/yserver
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/yserver-session %i
+
+# Direct DRM/KMS + libinput need access to the GPU and input devices.
+SupplementaryGroups=video render input
+
+# Own the target VT for the lifetime of the server.
+TTYPath=/dev/tty%i
+TTYReset=yes
+TTYVHangup=yes
+StandardInput=tty
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+SyslogIdentifier=yserver
+
+# Don't respawn on a clean exit (e.g. user logs out / zaps the server).
+Restart=no
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=graphical.target