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Zorro_no

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Registered: 2024-03-15

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Sddm loads black screen with cursor, sddm-helper exits with code 6.

Installed KDE plasma and sddm, and when I start sddm it gives me a black screen with a cursor I can move.

sudo systemctl status sddm

gives me that sddm-helper exited with 6.

Zorro_no

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Registered: 2024-03-15

Posts: 2

Re: Sddm loads black screen with cursor, sddm-helper exits with code 6.

● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-03-17 18:03:55 CET; 11s ago
       Docs: man:sddm(1)
             man:sddm.conf(5)
   Main PID: 17553 (sddm)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 2312)
     Memory: 11.5M
        CPU: 1.382s
     CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service
             ├─17553 /usr/bin/sddm
             └─17563 /usr/lib/Xorg -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt1 -auth /var/run/sddm/{336aed6c-925e-4c46-a85c-0725afca78fb} -noreset -displayfd 17

Mar 17 18:03:57 ArchBTW sddm[17553]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Mar 17 18:03:57 ArchBTW sddm[17553]: Greeter starting...
Mar 17 18:03:57 ArchBTW sddm-helper[17572]: [PAM] Starting...
Mar 17 18:03:57 ArchBTW sddm-helper[17572]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Mar 17 18:03:57 ArchBTW sddm-helper[17572]: [PAM] returning.
Mar 17 18:03:57 ArchBTW sddm-helper[17572]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=968) by (uid=0)
Mar 17 18:03:59 ArchBTW sddm[17553]: Greeter session started successfully
Mar 17 18:04:02 ArchBTW sddm[17553]: Message received from greeter: Connect
Mar 17 18:04:04 ArchBTW sddm[17553]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 6
Mar 17 18:04:04 ArchBTW sddm[17553]: Greeter stopped.