[gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

[gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

[Alexander Puchmayr]

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

Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

[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?
Are all sddm config files OK?

Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

[Alexander Puchmayr]

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
	

Re: [gentoo-user] sddm no longer working

[Bill Kenworthy]

On 04/04/18 23:14, 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
>
>
Had something similar (non-systemd) - make sure you complete all the X
updates, run revdep-rebuild and then re-emerge sddm.


BillK