Re: systemctl restart sddm

[inkbottle <inkbottle007@gmail.com>]

On Monday, July 23, 2018 12:14:05 AM CEST Bob Weber wrote:
> On 7/22/18 5:42 PM, inkbottle wrote:
> > As some of you already know, since *completely uneventful* upgrade of
> > Friday, July 20, 2018, "sddm" does not start automatically anymore,
> > whether because something goes wrong at some point or because it doesn't
> > start at all, meaning it is not even invoked in the first place, that I
> > know not ;)
> > 
> > Anyway, I'm not so unfortunate, because "startx", invoked as simple user
> > in a "tty" is working fine, and it is my workaround for the present, and
> > will be until I can find enough time to deal with it properly, and not
> > simply trying to worsen the situation.
> > 
> > So, in my to-do list, first thing is: why should "sddm" start, at all, at
> > boot time?
> > 
> > Chris
> 
> Try backing the kernel down to 4.16 or earlier (or just pick an earlier
> kernel at boot).  I have several VMs I use just to test the updates that
> don't start up sddm unless I start a tty login (not startx) process.  The
> offending kernel is currently 4.17.8-1.

Wow, I'm impressed. I've thought about that, but since I've seen no complain, 
beside mine, I discarded that eventuality. "Well, what do you know!"

What tty login process are you referring to, specifically? What command did 
you type? Plain user or "su"?

I've tried "systemctl restart sddm" as "su", with mixed results (not sure if 
it went wrong or right; one time the machine had to be turned off using power 
button, though, so I'm a bit chicken now): but that might not be what you 
yourself did.

Thanks.

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