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From: john <jdm@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM problem
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 17:33:44
Message-Id: 20151130173323.518859c4@jdm.myzen.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM problem by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 14:25:31 +0000
2 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3
4 > On Saturday 28 November 2015 12:51:59 john wrote:
5 > > Hello,
6 > >
7 > > I have installed kde-frameworks-5.16 & kde-plasma-5.5 and when I
8 > > start sddm I get the following error:
9 > >
10 > > /usr/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad "remove" command line
11 > > /usr/bin/xauth: (stdin):2: bad "add" command line
12 > >
13 > > sddm does not start
14 > > Using openrc
15 > > Version x11-misc/sddm-0.13.0-r1
16 > >
17 > > Any ideas? Does sddm only work with systemd??????
18 > >
19 > > slim is fine.
20 >
21 > Not wanting to mess up my existing kde system I've built a new one
22 > from scratch in spare disk partitions, choosing the plasma profile
23 > and the kde overlay, and using openrc. My frameworks are at version
24 > 5.14.0 and kde- plasma is at 5.4.3.
25 >
26 > I did have a bit of trouble getting sddm to run at first, but after
27 > prowling around the Web for a while I got it to work without problem.
28 > Sorry I can't remember now what I did. It's at version 0.12.0-r1 here.
29 >
30
31 After trying to start /etc/init.d/xdm and inspect sddm.log
32 file the /var/lib/sddm directory was missing. Created directory and sddm
33 now starts.
34
35 simples
36
37 john

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Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM problem Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>