[gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Peter Humphrey]

Hello list,

Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for quite a 
while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my password is no 
longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what I've tried:

1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's backup.
	(Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
	No difference, so:

2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and rebooted.
	No difference there either.

Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the wallet 
again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need to remerge the 
wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an entirely new user for myself. 
I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of masochism.

In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a new 
kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a blank 
screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated modules before I 
could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file systems.

-- 
Regards
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Mick]

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On Monday 12 Dec 2016 13:18:46 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for quite a
> while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my password is no
> longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what I've tried:
> 
> 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's backup.
> 	(Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
> 	No difference, so:
> 
> 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and rebooted.
> 	No difference there either.
> 
> Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the wallet
> again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need to remerge
> the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an entirely new user for
> myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of masochism.
> 
> In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a new
> kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a blank
> screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated modules before
> I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file systems.

I wouldn't think the kernel is relevant to the kwallet problem.

I recall having to run a migration script or something, to migrate the 
kwallet4 to kwallet5.  Kmail is still using kwallet4.  Did you update pam by 
any chance?  This should be something to look into for kwallet.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Stefano Crocco]

On Monday 12 December 2016 13:18:46 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for quite a
> while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my password is no
> longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what I've tried:
> 
> 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's 
backup.
> 	(Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
> 	No difference, so:
> 
> 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and 
rebooted.
> 	No difference there either.
> 
> Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the wallet
> again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need to remerge
> the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an entirely new user for
> myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of masochism.
> 
> In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a new
> kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a blank
> screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated modules before
> I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file systems.

Have you by any chance upgraded libgcrypt to 1.7.4? There's a bug report about 
kwallet:5 and libgcrypt 1.7.4 [1]. I had exactly the same issue yesterday and 
solved it by downgrading libgcrypt to 1.7.3.

I hope this helps

Stefano

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602502

Re: [gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Peter Humphrey]

On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 09:11:07 Stefano Crocco wrote:

> Have you by any chance upgraded libgcrypt to 1.7.4? There's a bug report
> about kwallet:5 and libgcrypt 1.7.4 [1]. I had exactly the same issue
> yesterday and solved it by downgrading libgcrypt to 1.7.3.

Yes, that's it. Actually, I fixed it with a sledge-hammer, by restoring the 
rest of the system around my home partition. Now I can mask that version of 
libgcrypt when I update today.

> I hope this helps

Certainly did - many thanks, Stefano.

> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602502

-- 
Regards
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Peter Humphrey]

On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 06:33:27 Mick wrote:
> On Monday 12 Dec 2016 13:18:46 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for quite
> > a
> > while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my password is no
> > longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what I've tried:
> > 
> > 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's
> > backup.
> > 
> > 	(Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
> > 
> > 	No difference, so:
> > 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and
> > rebooted.
> > 
> > 	No difference there either.
> > 
> > Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the
> > wallet
> > again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need to remerge
> > the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an entirely new user for
> > myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of masochism.
> > 
> > In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a new
> > kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a blank
> > screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated modules
> > before
> > I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file systems.
> 
> I wouldn't think the kernel is relevant to the kwallet problem.

No, nor I. I thought I ought to mention all the things that went wrong at 
once, except that I omitted to recount all the wrestling with UEFI booting. 
That one could have been the kernel.

> I recall having to run a migration script or something, to migrate the
> kwallet4 to kwallet5.  Kmail is still using kwallet4.  Did you update pam by
> any chance?  This should be something to look into for kwallet.

-- 
Regards
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 09:11:07 +0100, Stefano Crocco wrote:

> Have you by any chance upgraded libgcrypt to 1.7.4? There's a bug
> report about kwallet:5 and libgcrypt 1.7.4 [1]. I had exactly the same
> issue yesterday and solved it by downgrading libgcrypt to 1.7.3.

This one hit me too, thanks for the fix.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The Computer is the logical advancement of humankind:
intelligence without morality.

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[gentoo-user] Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Jörg Schaible]

Peter Humphrey wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for quite
> a while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my password is no
> longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what I've tried:
> 
> 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's
> backup. (Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
> No difference, so:
> 
> 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and
> rebooted. No difference there either.
> 
> Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the
> wallet again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need to
> remerge the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an entirely new
> user for myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of masochism.
> 
> In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a new
> kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a blank
> screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated modules
> before I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file systems.
> 


Just in case: Did you activate kwallet-pam?

Cheers,
Jörg

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[J. Roeleveld]

On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:10:31 AM Jörg Schaible wrote:
> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for quite
> > a while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my password is no
> > longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what I've tried:
> > 
> > 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's
> > backup. (Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
> > No difference, so:
> > 
> > 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and
> > rebooted. No difference there either.
> > 
> > Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the
> > wallet again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need to
> > remerge the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an entirely new
> > user for myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of masochism.
> > 
> > In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a new
> > kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a blank
> > screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated modules
> > before I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file systems.
> 
> Just in case: Did you activate kwallet-pam?

I don't think this is a requirement. I have this disabled and need to enter 
the password twice. Once for kwallet-4 and once for kwallet-5.

--
Joost

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Jörg Schaible]

J. Roeleveld wrote:

> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:10:31 AM Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> > Hello list,
>> > 
>> > Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for
>> > quite a while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my
>> > password is no longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what
>> > I've tried:
>> > 
>> > 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's
>> > backup. (Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
>> > No difference, so:
>> > 
>> > 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and
>> > rebooted. No difference there either.
>> > 
>> > Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the
>> > wallet again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need
>> > to remerge the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an
>> > entirely new user for myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of
>> > masochism.
>> > 
>> > In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a
>> > new kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a
>> > blank screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated
>> > modules before I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file
>> > systems.
>> 
>> Just in case: Did you activate kwallet-pam?
> 
> I don't think this is a requirement. I have this disabled and need to
> enter the password twice. Once for kwallet-4 and once for kwallet-5.

No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will fail. 
At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.

Cheers,
Jörg

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:10:31 AM Jörg Schaible wrote:
> >> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> >> > Hello list,
> >> > 
> >> > Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for
> >> > quite a while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my
> >> > password is no longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what
> >> > I've tried:
> >> > 
> >> > 1.	Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's
> >> > backup. (Yesterday's setup was working nicely.)
> >> > No difference, so:
> >> > 
> >> > 2.	Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and
> >> > rebooted. No difference there either.
> >> > 
> >> > Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the
> >> > wallet again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need
> >> > to remerge the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an
> >> > entirely new user for myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of
> >> > masochism.
> >> > 
> >> > In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a
> >> > new kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a
> >> > blank screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated
> >> > modules before I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file
> >> > systems.
> >> 
> >> Just in case: Did you activate kwallet-pam?
> > 
> > I don't think this is a requirement. I have this disabled and need to
> > enter the password twice. Once for kwallet-4 and once for kwallet-5.
> 
> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will fail.
> At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jörg

This is what works here without any problems:

$ eix -l kwallet
[I] kde-apps/kwalletd
     Available versions:  
     (4)
            16.04.3   (4/16.04)^t	[aqua debug gpg]
       [M]~ 16.04.3-r1 (4/16.04)^t	[aqua debug gpg] Michael Palimaka 
<kensington@gentoo.org> (12 Nov 2016) Depends on masked app-crypt/gpgme[cxx]
     Installed versions:  16.04.3(4)^t(10:27:17 08/20/16)(-aqua -debug -gpg)
     Homepage:            https://www.kde.org/
     Description:         KDE Password Server

[I] kde-apps/kwalletmanager
     Available versions:  
     (4)
            15.04.3-r1 (4/15.04)	[aqua debug +handbook]
     (5)
            16.04.3	[debug +handbook]
       ~    16.04.3-r1	[debug +handbook]
       ~    16.08.3	[debug +handbook]
     Installed versions:  16.04.3(5)(09:27:22 08/20/16)(handbook -debug)
     Homepage:            https://www.kde.org/
     Description:         KDE Wallet management tool

[I] kde-apps/signon-kwallet-extension
     Available versions:  
     (5)
            16.04.3	[debug]
       ~    16.08.3	[debug]
     Installed versions:  16.04.3(5)(08:51:14 08/20/16)(-debug)
     Homepage:            https://01.org/gsso/
     Description:         KWallet extension for signond

[I] kde-frameworks/kwallet
     Available versions:  
     (5)
            5.26.0    (5/5.26)	[debug gpg +man test]
       ~    5.28.0    (5/5.28)	[debug gpg +man test]
       [M]~ 5.28.0-r1 (5/5.28)	[debug gpg +man test] Michael Palimaka 
<kensington@gentoo.org> (12 Nov 2016) Depends on masked app-crypt/gpgme[cxx]
     Installed versions:  5.26.0(5)(15:11:59 10/15/16)(man -debug -gpg -test)
     Homepage:            https://www.kde.org/
     Description:         Framework providing desktop-wide storage for 
passwords

[I] kde-plasma/kwallet-pam
     Available versions:  
     (5)
            5.8.3	[debug +oldwallet]
       ~    5.8.4	[debug +oldwallet]
     Installed versions:  5.8.3(5)(10:46:42 12/10/16)(oldwallet -debug)
     Homepage:            https://www.kde.org/
     Description:         KWallet PAM module to not enter password again

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Jörg Schaible]

Mick wrote:

> On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:

[snip]

>> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will
>> fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jörg
> 
> This is what works here without any problems:

[snip]

Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines. So, 
tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?

Cheers,
Jörg

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Mick]

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On Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 09:08:11 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> >> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will
> >> fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jörg
> > 
> > This is what works here without any problems:
> [snip]
> 
> Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines. So,
> tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jörg

Yes, I can open files from Konqueror with a single click, unlike Dolphin which 
requires a double click to descent into a directory or open a file.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 15, 2016 7:23:21 AM GMT+01:00, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 09:08:11 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> Mick wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> [snip]
>> 
>> >> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps
>will
>> >> fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
>> >> 
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Jörg
>> > 
>> > This is what works here without any problems:
>> [snip]
>> 
>> Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines.
>So,
>> tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jörg
>
>Yes, I can open files from Konqueror with a single click, unlike
>Dolphin which 
>requires a double click to descent into a directory or open a file.

I think single and double click can be configured somewhere.
I can still use single click in Dolphin.

Not used Konqueror in a long time.

--
Joost
-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Jörg Schaible]

Mick wrote:

> On Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 09:08:11 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> Mick wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> [snip]
>> 
>> >> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will
>> >> fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
>> >> 
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Jörg
>> > 
>> > This is what works here without any problems:
>> [snip]
>> 
>> Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines. So,
>> tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jörg
> 
> Yes, I can open files from Konqueror with a single click, unlike Dolphin
> which requires a double click to descent into a directory or open a file.

Well, for me it broke on several machines for all KDE 4 based apps (e.g. 
Konqueror) the file protocol (Konqueror only show an error page about an 
unknown protocol 'file') and the FileOpen dialog no longer works (you cannot 
open/save files in those apps using the default dialog, e.g. libreoffice, 
amarok, ...).

As soon as I deactivate kwallet-pam, all apps start working properly.

Cheers,
Jörg

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Mick]

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On Thursday 15 Dec 2016 11:58:06 J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On December 15, 2016 7:23:21 AM GMT+01:00, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >On Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 09:08:11 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> >> Mick wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >> 
> >> >> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps
> >
> >will
> >
> >> >> fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Jörg
> >> > 
> >> > This is what works here without any problems:
> >> [snip]
> >> 
> >> Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines.
> >
> >So,
> >
> >> tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jörg
> >
> >Yes, I can open files from Konqueror with a single click, unlike
> >Dolphin which
> >requires a double click to descent into a directory or open a file.
> 
> I think single and double click can be configured somewhere.
> I can still use single click in Dolphin.

Yes, it can be configured in InputDevices/Mouse Control/General, in 
systemsettings5, but for some unfathomable reason this setting won't take here 
on two different machines.  This has been so since the early days of Plasma.


> Not used Konqueror in a long time.
> 
> --
> Joost

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Mick]

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On Thursday 15 Dec 2016 14:02:39 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 09:08:11 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> >> Mick wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >> 
> >> >> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will
> >> >> fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Jörg
> >> > 
> >> > This is what works here without any problems:
> >> [snip]
> >> 
> >> Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines. So,
> >> tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jörg
> > 
> > Yes, I can open files from Konqueror with a single click, unlike Dolphin
> > which requires a double click to descent into a directory or open a file.
> 
> Well, for me it broke on several machines for all KDE 4 based apps (e.g.
> Konqueror) the file protocol (Konqueror only show an error page about an
> unknown protocol 'file') and the FileOpen dialog no longer works (you cannot
> open/save files in those apps using the default dialog, e.g. libreoffice,
> amarok, ...).
> 
> As soon as I deactivate kwallet-pam, all apps start working properly.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jörg

How do you activate/de-activate kwallet-pam?

This is what my /etc/pam.d/kde contains, in case yours is different:

$ cat /etc/pam.d/kde
#%PAM-1.0

auth       required     pam_nologin.so

auth       include      system-local-login

account    include      system-local-login

password   include      system-local-login

session    include      system-local-login

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: KWallet doesn't recognise my password

[Jörg Schaible]

Mick wrote:

> On Thursday 15 Dec 2016 14:02:39 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> Mick wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 09:08:11 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> >> Mick wrote:
>> >> > On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote:
>> >> [snip]
>> >> 
>> >> >> No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps
>> >> >> will fail. At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >> Jörg
>> >> > 
>> >> > This is what works here without any problems:
>> >> [snip]
>> >> 
>> >> Well, for me it broke KDE4-based apps on several different machines.
>> >> So, tell me, can you open with Konqueror local files?
>> >> 
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Jörg
>> > 
>> > Yes, I can open files from Konqueror with a single click, unlike
>> > Dolphin which requires a double click to descent into a directory or
>> > open a file.
>> 
>> Well, for me it broke on several machines for all KDE 4 based apps (e.g.
>> Konqueror) the file protocol (Konqueror only show an error page about an
>> unknown protocol 'file') and the FileOpen dialog no longer works (you
>> cannot open/save files in those apps using the default dialog, e.g.
>> libreoffice, amarok, ...).
>> 
>> As soon as I deactivate kwallet-pam, all apps start working properly.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jörg
> 
> How do you activate/de-activate kwallet-pam?

By setting comments in /etc/pam.d/sddm

=================== %< =======================
$ cat /etc/pam.d/sddm
#%PAM-1.0

auth            include         system-login
account         include         system-login
password        include         system-login
session         include         system-login
#-auth          optional        pam_kwallet.so kdehome=.kde4
#-auth          optional        pam_kwallet5.so
#-session       optional        pam_kwallet.so
#-session       optional        pam_kwallet5.so auto_start
=================== %< =======================

> This is what my /etc/pam.d/kde contains, in case yours is different:
> 
> $ cat /etc/pam.d/kde
> #%PAM-1.0
> 
> auth       required     pam_nologin.so
> 
> auth       include      system-local-login
> 
> account    include      system-local-login
> 
> password   include      system-local-login
> 
> session    include      system-local-login

=================== %< =======================
$ cat /etc/pam.d/kde
#%PAM-1.0

auth       required     pam_nologin.so
auth       include      system-local-login
account    include      system-local-login
password   include      system-local-login
session    include      system-local-login
-auth           optional        pam_kwallet.so kdehome=.kde4
-auth           optional        pam_kwallet5.so
-session        optional        pam_kwallet.so
-session        optional        pam_kwallet5.so auto_start
=================== %< =======================

It contains obviously still the kwallet-pam entries, but AFAICS only the 
ones for your display manager are relevant. At least this is what the elog 
message indicates if you install it.

Cheers,
Jörg