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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs