Public bug reported: Using KDE plasma on 22.04, sddm fails to start very frequently (maybe once our of every 5 times it fails). the output from the sddm service when it fails is seen below. I can restart the service and then it works.
``` ● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-05-04 10:15:07 EDT; 1min 28s ago Docs: man:sddm(1) man:sddm.conf(5) Process: 760 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/bin/sddm" ] (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 766 (sddm) Tasks: 2 (limit: 19008) Memory: 10.7M CPU: 74ms CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service └─766 /usr/bin/sddm May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Initializing... May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Starting... May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Logind interface found May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Adding new display on vt 1 ... May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Loading theme configuration from "" May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Display server starting... May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{078496a5-c054-4286-a48d-f76fa1eaa271}" May 04 10:15:07 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{078496a5-c054-4286-a48d-f76fa1eaa271} -background none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt1 May 04 10:15:08 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Failed to read display number from pipe May 04 10:15:08 garrett-desktop sddm[766]: Could not start Display server on vt 1 ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: sddm 0.19.0-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-27.28-generic 5.15.30 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Wed May 4 10:17:19 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-16 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220313) SourcePackage: sddm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: sddm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1971596 Title: SDDM fails to start frequently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/1971596/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs