Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-17 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 10 April 2022 17:06:17 BST Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 10 April 2022 16:31:01 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 15:45:39 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > > The laptop has an ethernet NIC on the MoBo, which is gimped at > > > > 100Mbps. This is not used under normal

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-10 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 10 April 2022 16:31:01 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 15:45:39 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > The laptop has an ethernet NIC on the MoBo, which is gimped at > > > 100Mbps. This is not used under normal circumstances. Instead I use > > > a USB 3.0 1Gbps ethernet adaptor.

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 15:45:39 +0100, Michael wrote: > > The laptop has an ethernet NIC on the MoBo, which is gimped at > > 100Mbps. This is not used under normal circumstances. Instead I use > > a USB 3.0 1Gbps ethernet adaptor. Following your prompts I unplugged > > the USB ethernet adaptor,

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-10 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 10 April 2022 12:12:43 BST Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 10 April 2022 10:26:09 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:18:29 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > > The PC is a laptop, which is usually connected to ethernet. Following > > > > Neil's prompt I just started it, without

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-10 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 10 April 2022 10:26:09 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:18:29 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:18:29 +0100, Michael wrote: > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-10 Thread Michael
On Saturday, 9 April 2022 11:36:45 BST Michael wrote: > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-09 Thread Michael
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

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
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

[gentoo-user] x11-misc/sddm-0.18.1-r6 exits inexplicably

2022-04-09 Thread Michael
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