It seems this got solved for me by editing the ~/.pam_environment file. Previously I had this:
export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 Perhaps something for libreoffice... Commenting out that line allows SDDM to start plasma. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to sddm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062962 Title: Kubuntu 24.04 - SDDM fails to start Plasma session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/2062962/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs