I'm attaching the a debdiff for sddm's 0.14.0-2 version that includes the workaround of this issue.
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diff -Nru sddm-0.14.0/debian/changelog sddm-0.14.0/debian/changelog
--- sddm-0.14.0/debian/changelog 2016-12-30 20:41:13.000000000 +0100
+++ sddm-0.14.0/debian/changelog 2017-02-20 19:09:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+sddm (0.14.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Avoid killing plymouth from the sddm system unit (Closes: 854260)
+ * Purge dangling symlink.
+ Thanks to Andreas Beckmann for following this issue (Closes: 848936)
+ * Install the generated configuration file as an example
+ * Workaround debconf's db_purge stdout parsing (#855912)
+ Thanks to Laurent Bonnaud for reporting (Closes: 853844)
+
+ -- Maximiliano Curia <m...@debian.org> Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:09:24 +0100
+
sddm (0.14.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
[ Maximiliano Curia ]
diff -Nru sddm-0.14.0/debian/control sddm-0.14.0/debian/control
--- sddm-0.14.0/debian/control 2016-12-30 20:41:13.000000000 +0100
+++ sddm-0.14.0/debian/control 2017-02-20 19:09:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
Package: sddm-theme-debian-maui
Architecture: all
-Depends: desktop-base,
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: desktop-base, ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: sddm
Provides: sddm-theme
Breaks: sddm (<< ${source:Version})
@@ -73,8 +72,7 @@
Package: sddm-theme-debian-elarun
Architecture: all
-Depends: desktop-base,
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: desktop-base, ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: sddm
Provides: sddm-theme
Breaks: sddm (<< ${source:Version})
diff -Nru sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.install sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.install
--- sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.install 2016-12-30 20:41:13.000000000 +0100
+++ sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.install 2017-02-20 19:09:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
debian/Xsession etc/sddm/
etc/dbus-1/system.d/sddm_org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf
etc/pam.d
+etc/sddm.conf usr/share/doc/sddm/
usr/bin/sddm*
usr/lib/*/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/
usr/lib/*/sddm/
diff -Nru sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.postrm sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.postrm
--- sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.postrm 2016-12-30 20:41:13.000000000 +0100
+++ sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.postrm 2017-02-20 19:09:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
#!/bin/sh
set -e
+DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager
+DEFAULT_SERVICE=/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
+
case "$1" in
purge)
update-rc.d sddm remove > /dev/null
@@ -14,14 +17,22 @@
if getent passwd sddm >/dev/null; then
if [ -x /usr/sbin/deluser ]; then
- deluser --system sddm || echo "Could not remove sddm user."
+ deluser --system sddm >&2 ||
+ echo "Could not remove sddm user." >&2
fi
fi
if getent group sddm >/dev/null; then
if [ -x /usr/sbin/delgroup ]; then
- delgroup --system sddm || echo "Could not remove sddm group."
+ delgroup --system sddm >&2 ||
+ echo "Could not remove sddm group." >&2
fi
fi
+ if [ ! -e "$DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE" ] &&
+ [ -h "$DEFAULT_SERVICE" ] && [ ! -e "$DEFAULT_SERVICE" ]; then
+ # Dangling symlink, no other display-manager installed
+ rm "$DEFAULT_SERVICE"
+ fi
+
;;
abort-install|abort-upgrade)
# roll back displacement of default display manager file
diff -Nru sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.README.Debian
sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.README.Debian
--- sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.README.Debian 2016-12-30 20:41:13.000000000
+0100
+++ sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.README.Debian 2017-02-20 19:09:24.000000000
+0100
@@ -1,31 +1,40 @@
SDDM configuration
==================
-The Debian package relies on the default configuration values and as such the
-configuration file is not part of the sddm package.
+The program as shipped already includes default settings and does not require
+a configuration file to exist. For this reason there is no /etc/sddm.conf
+shipped in this package.
+
+There is an example configuration file in:
+ /usr/share/doc/sddm/sddm.conf
In order to override a configuration value you'll need to create a
/etc/sddm.conf file and set the values accordingly (see sddm.conf(5) manpage
-for more details).
+for more details). If you use KDE, the recommended way of doing this is
+through KDE's System Settings (Workspace -> Startup and Shutdown).
Themes
------
-The theme used by default in sddm is 'breeze', provided by the
-sddm-theme-breeze package, if it's not installed you'll be greeted with the
-maui theme and an error message in the lower part of the screen saying that
-'breeze' couldn't be loaded.
-
-Sddm embeds the maui theme since the 0.14 release, and is used as the
-fall-back when the configured theme is not present or failing. Also, because
-of this change, the theme is now named as the empty string in the
-configuration file.
+The theme used by default in sddm is 'debian-theme', which is configurable
+using the alternative 'sddm-debian-theme', this allows a better integration
+of sddm with different desktop environments, such as LXQt or Plasma.
+
+Currently the following packages provide a sddm-theme:
+ * sddm-theme-maui
+ * sddm-theme-debian-maui
+ * sddm-theme-elarun
+ * sddm-theme-debian-elarun
+ * sddm-theme-maldives
+ * sddm-theme-breeze
+ * sddm-theme-debian-breeze
+
+You can easily change the one you want to use with:
-All in all, if you prefer the maui theme, or you want to get rid of the error
-message, you can set maui as your current theme in your /etc/sddm.conf ::
+ sudo update-alternatives --config sddm-debian-theme
- [Theme]
- Current=
+The themes named sddm-theme-debian-* were adapted to have the look and feel
+for the Debian stretch release.
Also, the 0.14 version of sddm drops the 'circles' theme and it will
eventually be removed from the archive. Please use a different sddm theme.
diff -Nru sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.service sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.service
--- sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.service 2016-12-30 20:41:13.000000000 +0100
+++ sddm-0.14.0/debian/sddm.service 2017-02-20 19:09:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@
Conflicts=getty@tty7.service
After=getty@tty7.service
-# Ordering
-Conflicts=plymouth-quit-wait.service
-After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-start.service
plymouth-quit-wait.service
-OnFailure=plymouth-quit.service
+After=systemd-user-sessions.service
+
+# If using tty1 and plymouth, sddm will fail till plymouth stops
+# consider using:
+## After=plymouth-quit.service
+# or to forcefully stop plymouth and start earlier:
+## Conflicts=plymouth-quit-wait.service
+## After=plymouth-start.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
+## OnFailure=plymouth-quit.service
[Service]
# temporary safety check until all DMs are converted to correct
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