Hello Community,
According to Discover, the following packages were updated without error during today’s system update:
kf6-extra-cmake-modules
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 6.17.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build31
kf6-kcalendarcore
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 6.17.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build17
kf6-kcontacts
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 6.17.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build21
kf6-kio
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 6.17.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build55
kf6-kwallet
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 6.17.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build41
kf6-kwindowsystem
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 6.17.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build32
kpim6-kdepim-runtime
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 4:25.08.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build42
kpim6-libkgapi
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 25.08.0-1zneon+24.04+noble+release+build23
libaccounts-qt5-1
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 1.17-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build3
libaccounts-qt6-1
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 1.17-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build3
neon-essentials-desktop
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 0.5+p24.04+vrelease+git20250908.0132
neon-settings-2
Aktualisierung auf neue Version 0.5+p24.04+vrelease+git20250908.0132
After restarting the PC, I was able to access the login manager without any problems.
The password entry field (password was correct) of the login manager was grayed out and no longer allowed any input. After about 30-45 seconds, I was able to log in to the KDE desktop by pressing the ENTER key. The behavior was reproducible after every restart of the PC.
Why won’t the KDE desktop start (after entering the correct password)?
At present, I can only advise everyone not to perform a system update until the problem has been resolved.
My system:
Operating System: KDE neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-29-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 20 × Intel® Core™ i5-14600
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 30H0005TGE
System Version: ThinkStation P3 Tiny
Greetings
Bluelupo
claydoh
September 8, 2025, 12:51pm
2
None of the packages in the last batch of updates have anything to do with SDD, though.
No issues here on my PC, and am about to reboot my laptop just to see.
claydoh
September 8, 2025, 1:02pm
3
No issues on the laptop.
Which makes it harder to figure out a culprit.
Operating System: KDE neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-29-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: Google
Product Name: Elemi
System Version: rev3
and
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 630
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP EliteDesk 800 G3 DM 35W
I can reproduce the same behavior on two systems. I’ll attach some photos.
@claydoh Do you have a solution for how to solve this problem?
Otherwise, I would create a bug report. Where would I post this error when posting? Can you give me a tip?
claydoh
September 8, 2025, 7:32pm
7
Sorry, I have no idea other than to see if your logs show anything, unless someone else sees the same thing.
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Hi @claydoh thank you for your answer.
Is there a log file where I can see what is happening in the login manager that I could post?
Bluelupo
Usually the logs are in the system journal.
Use the journalctl command to view logs.
For example sudo journalctl -b 0 show all the logs since boot.
See man journalctl for options to grep in the logs (-g), only show logs for certain service (-u service-name), etc
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claydoh
September 8, 2025, 8:52pm
10
There should be systemd logs for this, probably the easiest way:
For only SDDM
journalctl -u sddm --since yesterday
or similar. You can leave out the time switch
KSystemLog can be used as well, though that might be broken and need a workaround
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@claydoh Here is the issue of the journal.
$ sudo journalctl -u sddm --since "18 hours ago"
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopping...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopped.
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopping...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopped.
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display stop script QList("/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop")
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Removing display SDDM::Display(0x6494832c7450) ...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Adding new display...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Loaded empty theme configuration
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Xauthority path: "/run/sddm/xauth_jHDsLb"
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Using VT 2
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server starting...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Writing cookie to "/run/sddm/xauth_jHDsLb"
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt2 -auth /run/sddm/xauth_jHDsLb -noreset -displayfd 18
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Setting default cursor
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server started.
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server starting...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server started.
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.conf"
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter starting...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm-helper[3771]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm-helper[3771]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm-helper[3771]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 08 17:46:17 heaven sddm-helper[3771]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=115) by sddm(uid=0)
Sep 08 17:46:18 heaven sddm-helper[3771]: Writing cookie to "/tmp/xauth_oeovaK"
Sep 08 17:46:18 heaven sddm-helper[3771]: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/bin/sddm-greeter-qt6 --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-aqoBwi --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze"
Sep 08 17:46:18 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter session started successfully
Sep 08 17:46:18 heaven sddm[1233]: Message received from greeter: Connect
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Message received from greeter: Login
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop"
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Session "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland" for VT 1
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Authentication for user "michael" successful
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user michael(uid=1000) by michael(uid=0)
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter stopped. SDDM::Auth::HELPER_SUCCESS
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm-helper[3845]: Starting Wayland user session: "/etc/sddm/wayland-session" "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland"
Sep 08 17:46:25 heaven sddm[1233]: Session started true
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopping...
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopped.
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopping...
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopped.
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display stop script QList("/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop")
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Removing display SDDM::Display(0x6494832be570) ...
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Adding new display...
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Loaded empty theme configuration
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Xauthority path: "/run/sddm/xauth_SoQKcG"
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Using VT 2
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server starting...
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Writing cookie to "/run/sddm/xauth_SoQKcG"
Sep 08 18:15:11 heaven sddm[1233]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt2 -auth /run/sddm/xauth_SoQKcG -noreset -displayfd 18
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Setting default cursor
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server started.
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server starting...
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server started.
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.conf"
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter starting...
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm-helper[5889]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm-helper[5889]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm-helper[5889]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 08 18:15:12 heaven sddm-helper[5889]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=115) by sddm(uid=0)
Sep 08 18:15:13 heaven sddm-helper[5889]: Writing cookie to "/tmp/xauth_EgPtxq"
Sep 08 18:15:13 heaven sddm-helper[5889]: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/bin/sddm-greeter-qt6 --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-cjksWH --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze"
Sep 08 18:15:13 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter session started successfully
Sep 08 18:15:13 heaven sddm[1233]: Message received from greeter: Connect
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm[1233]: Message received from greeter: Login
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm[1233]: Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop"
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm[1233]: Session "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland" for VT 1
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm[1233]: Authentication for user "michael" successful
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user michael(uid=1000) by michael(uid=0)
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter stopped. SDDM::Auth::HELPER_SUCCESS
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Sep 08 18:15:38 heaven sddm-helper[5987]: Starting Wayland user session: "/etc/sddm/wayland-session" "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland"
Sep 08 18:15:39 heaven sddm[1233]: Session started true
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopping...
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopped.
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopping...
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopped.
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display stop script QList("/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop")
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Removing display SDDM::Display(0x6494833144c0) ...
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Adding new display...
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Loaded empty theme configuration
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Xauthority path: "/run/sddm/xauth_FZMnEk"
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Using VT 2
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server starting...
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Writing cookie to "/run/sddm/xauth_FZMnEk"
Sep 08 18:21:54 heaven sddm[1233]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt2 -auth /run/sddm/xauth_FZMnEk -noreset -displayfd 18
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Setting default cursor
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server started.
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server starting...
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server started.
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.conf"
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter starting...
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm-helper[7182]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm-helper[7182]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm-helper[7182]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm-helper[7182]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=115) by sddm(uid=0)
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm-helper[7182]: Writing cookie to "/tmp/xauth_MqGxce"
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm-helper[7182]: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/bin/sddm-greeter-qt6 --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-XBJvVs --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze"
Sep 08 18:21:55 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter session started successfully
Sep 08 18:21:56 heaven sddm[1233]: Message received from greeter: Connect
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm[1233]: Message received from greeter: Login
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm[1233]: Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop"
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm[1233]: Session "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland" for VT 1
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm[1233]: Authentication for user "michael" successful
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user michael(uid=1000) by michael(uid=0)
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 08 18:22:46 heaven sddm[1233]: Greeter stopped. SDDM::Auth::HELPER_SUCCESS
Sep 08 18:22:47 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Sep 08 18:22:47 heaven sddm-helper[7274]: Starting Wayland user session: "/etc/sddm/wayland-session" "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland"
Sep 08 18:22:47 heaven sddm[1233]: Session started true
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Authentication error: SDDM::Auth::ERROR_INTERNAL "Process crashed"
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper (--socket /tmp/sddm-auth-ae5cef5e-de9d-4a3d-998f-7ac83ca046bc --id 7 --start /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland --user michael) crashed (exit code 1)
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Authentication error: SDDM::Auth::ERROR_INTERNAL "Process crashed"
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven systemd[1]: Stopping sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager...
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Signal received: SIGTERM
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopping...
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Socket server stopped.
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopping...
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Display server stopped.
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven sddm[1233]: Running display stop script QList("/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop")
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven systemd[1]: sddm.service: Deactivated successfully.
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven systemd[1]: Stopped sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Sep 08 19:26:26 heaven systemd[1]: sddm.service: Consumed 3.222s CPU time.
-- Boot aa9f3cbe52f0413bbc9d3c2f355c26f7 --
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven systemd[1]: Started sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Initializing...
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Starting...
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Logind interface found
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Adding new display...
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Loaded empty theme configuration
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Xauthority path: "/run/sddm/xauth_cASZOs"
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Using VT 2
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Display server starting...
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Writing cookie to "/run/sddm/xauth_cASZOs"
Sep 09 11:19:27 heaven sddm[1296]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt2 -auth /run/sddm/xauth_cASZOs -noreset -displayfd 16
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Setting default cursor
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Display server started.
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Socket server starting...
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Socket server started.
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.conf"
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm[1296]: Greeter starting...
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm-helper[1311]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm-helper[1311]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm-helper[1311]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 09 11:19:28 heaven sddm-helper[1311]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=115) by sddm(uid=0)
Sep 09 11:19:29 heaven sddm-helper[1311]: Writing cookie to "/tmp/xauth_TadVEh"
Sep 09 11:19:29 heaven sddm-helper[1311]: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/bin/sddm-greeter-qt6 --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-JIITXY --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze"
Sep 09 11:19:29 heaven sddm[1296]: Greeter session started successfully
Sep 09 11:19:29 heaven sddm[1296]: Message received from greeter: Connect
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Message received from greeter: Login
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop"
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Session "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland" for VT 1
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: [PAM] Starting...
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: [PAM] returning.
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Authentication for user "michael" successful
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user michael(uid=1000) by michael(uid=0)
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Greeter stopped. SDDM::Auth::HELPER_SUCCESS
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm-helper[1784]: Starting Wayland user session: "/etc/sddm/wayland-session" "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland"
Sep 09 11:19:45 heaven sddm[1296]: Session started true
@bluelupo :
What happens if, you clean out the affected user’s ~/.cache/ directory before they login?
Does this happen for the case of only one user on the system?
What happens if, you create a new, fresh, Test User?
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Hi @Franken14679
Deleting the .cache directory of the existing user (before logging in) has no effect. If I create a new user and then log in again immediately, it works without me having to press the ENTER key once or several times. Subsequent logins with the new user also work correctly.
However, I would be reluctant to delete the existing original user and replace it with a new user, as this would result in the loss of a large number of configurations.
Is it possible to narrow down which configuration is causing the error? If the .cache directory does not fix the error, then perhaps a configuration from the .config directory will.
Greetings
Bluelupo
yes, and it’s rather tedious might also need to repeat for
~/.local
# brute force troubleshooting...
mv ~/.config ~/.configBORKED
# logout and log back in again to force plasma to recreate the folder with default settings
dolphin --split ~/.config ~/.configBORKED
# copy back half of the BORKED folder contents at a time and relog to see if issue returns
# if it does, then delete the folder again, relog, and only copy half of that previous half
# repeat until the culprit is found, then finally, copy back everything BUT that culprit bit
@skyfishgoo
Unfortunately, your suggestion did not have a positive effect on the error.
I created a completely new user (michael) (deleted the old one with the same name). After that, I was able to log in again without pressing ENTER twice.
Then I copied the .config and .local directories back from the “old” user (to the new user). Some of the settings were restored, but unfortunately not all of them. But I can live with that now.
Nevertheless, I would like to know what caused the error. Furthermore, the solution I described can only be a workaround.
my understanding is there should be no difference between a new user and an existing user which has deleted all three of these folders.
~/.cache
~/.config
~/.local
that should result in the system recreating all the user defaults from scratch, just like it would do for a new user.
the only other thing i can think of is if you have made root level changes to that users permissions or modified their profile / shell resources in some way that could have made a difference.
I found the solution to my login problem. The problem was caused by .bash_profile.
I had set up an ssh systemd service for a user there.
Unfortunately, the following lines blocked the KDE start. As soon as I removed these two lines, everything worked smoothly.
# User systemd Service ~/.config/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service
I then moved the line to .bashrc, where it no longer interferes with the start of KDE.
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