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From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:43:53
Message-Id: 21f89417-28dd-1594-df84-d65d2c36d701@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working by Alexander Puchmayr
1 On 04/04/18 23:14, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
2 > Hi there,
3 >
4 > After last update, on one machine sddm-0.17.0-r1 no longer does not anything
5 > anymore. Systemd starts the service, and systemctl status shows that the sddm
6 > 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 preset:
11 > 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 Manager.
20 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Initializing...
21 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Logind interface found
22 > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Starting...
23 >
24 > But thats all. It does not create a log file (/var/log/sddm.log not touched, no
25 > entry), it does not start X (no process). It seems like sddm is starting and
26 > waiting for something I don't know.
27 >
28 > Any ideas?
29 >
30 > Thanks,
31 > Alex
32 >
33 >
34 Had something similar (non-systemd) - make sure you complete all the X
35 updates, run revdep-rebuild and then re-emerge sddm.
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38 BillK