sddm and plasma

steveo314 · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

hello all

I recently installed sddm and plasma. I can start plasma through startx just fine. I followed the guide to setup sddm to start at after boot.
SDDM does not start. What else would I need to check outside of that guide as to why sddm won't start?

rfx · Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 5:35 pm Post subject:

Hi!
you set sddm in your /etc/conf.d/display-manager?
Sounds for me like your autostart is missing, if using openrc just use "rc-update add display-manager default"

steveo314 · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

steveo314 · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

Switched to lightdm. I found another forum post where someone else cannot get sddm working either. Thanks for all help.

steve_v · Guru Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 415 Location: New Zealand

Have a look at sddm's logs, or start it manually from a TTY. If you get whining about vt grabbing/permissions, see here and here. Without logs I don't know if this is your issue, but it worked for me.
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