On Saturday, 9 April 2022 11:26:13 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:13:00 +0100, Michael wrote: > > I'm trying to understand why one PC in particular fails to start SDDM > > since an update to x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 and ends up with a blank > > page on VT7. I suspect some pam module malfunction, but I don't > > understand why this happens or how to troubleshoot it. Interestingly, > > if I restart the display-manager service manually, SDDM starts and no > > longer exits. :-/ > > Anything in Xorg.0.log?
The PC is a laptop, which is usually connected to ethernet. Following Neil's prompt I just started it, without an ethernet cable connected, to check what Xorg log shows . . . O_O Well, what do you know! SDDM started properly, with mouse, GUI and all. No pam_unix problem. I am now even more confused than before. Why would the presence of an ethernet connection determine if SDDM starts and then exits, or not? :-/
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