Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

[Alexander Puchmayr <alexander.puchmayr@linznet.at>]

Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2018, 17:20:17 CEST schrieb Jack:
> On 2018.04.04 11:14, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > After last update, on one machine sddm-0.17.0-r1 no longer does not
> > anything anymore. Systemd starts the service, and systemctl status
> > shows that the sddm is running, and also ps jax shows a running sddm.
> > 
> > apollo ~ # systemctl status sddm
> > ● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
> > 
> >    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; vendor
> > 
> > preset: disabled)
> > 
> >    Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-04-04 16:41:28 CEST; 2s ago
> >    
> >      Docs: man:sddm(1)
> >      
> >            man:sddm.conf(5)
> >  
> >  Main PID: 8350 (sddm)
> >  
> >    CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service
> >    
> >            └─8350 /usr/bin/sddm
> > 
> > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display
> > Manager.
> > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Initializing...
> > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Logind interface found
> > Apr 04 16:41:28 apollo sddm[8350]: Starting...
> > 
> > But thats all. It does not create a log file (/var/log/sddm.log not
> > touched, no entry), it does not start X (no process). It seems like
> > sddm is starting and waiting for something I don't know.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 	Alex
> 
> Can you start X manually?  Is there anything relevant in
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

Yes, I can start X manually, and it seems to work. But sddm does not even 
start X.

> Are all sddm config files OK?

I think so. They look the same as before the update (where it worked fine)

	Alex