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On Saturday, 9 April 2022 11:26:13 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:13:00 +0100, Michael wrote: |
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> > I'm trying to understand why one PC in particular fails to start SDDM |
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> > since an update to x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 and ends up with a blank |
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> > page on VT7. I suspect some pam module malfunction, but I don't |
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> > understand why this happens or how to troubleshoot it. Interestingly, |
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> > if I restart the display-manager service manually, SDDM starts and no |
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> > longer exits. :-/ |
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> Anything in Xorg.0.log? |
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The PC is a laptop, which is usually connected to ethernet. Following Neil's |
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prompt I just started it, without an ethernet cable connected, to check what |
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Xorg log shows . . . O_O |
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Well, what do you know! SDDM started properly, with mouse, GUI and all. No |
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pam_unix problem. I am now even more confused than before. Why would the |
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presence of an ethernet connection determine if SDDM starts and then exits, or |
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not? :-/ |
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