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From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:20:27
Message-Id: ZF6HBJ54.PY5FNWUK.RM7SXZ3E@AQG33RZJ.6A4J7IB5.SWGUDX24
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working by Alexander Puchmayr
1 On 2018.04.04 11:14, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
2 > Hi there,
3 >
4 > After last update, on one machine sddm-0.17.0-r1 no longer does not
5 > anything anymore. Systemd starts the service, and systemctl status
6 > shows that the sddm is running, and also ps jax shows a running sddm.
7 >
8 > apollo ~ # systemctl status sddm
9 > ● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
10 > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; vendor
11 > preset: disabled)
12 > Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-04-04 16:41:28 CEST; 2s ago
13 > Docs: man:sddm(1)
14 > man:sddm.conf(5)
15 > Main PID: 8350 (sddm)
16 > CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service
17 > └─8350 /usr/bin/sddm
18 >
19 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display
20 > Manager.
21 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Initializing...
22 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Logind interface found
23 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Starting...
24 >
25 > But thats all. It does not create a log file (/var/log/sddm.log not
26 > touched, no entry), it does not start X (no process). It seems like
27 > sddm is starting and waiting for something I don't know.
28 >
29 > Any ideas?
30 >
31 > Thanks,
32 > Alex
33 Can you start X manually? Is there anything relevant in
34 /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
35 Are all sddm config files OK?

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Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working Alexander Puchmayr <alexander.puchmayr@×××××××.at>