When I enable the sddm.service I am greeted with a black screen and no way to escape to an other virtual terminal. Then it restarts in VT1 from scratch. but if Disable sddm ,reboot, in tty log in (root) and start manual sddm (systemctl start sddm) , sddm/kde start normal. sudo apt install -y kubuntu-desktop. I've tried with booth the new supplied config-file and the old one i I assumed that the command "systemctl start sddm.service" would have the same result without being permanent. You'll notice that sddm or X tries to start a session in VT2 but fails. Login screen does not show up when using SDDM In Kubuntu (19.04), I have GNOME because I occasionally like a change, and I have KDE because it's awesome. My solution later add nfs share and enble systemd-networkd-wait-online then enble ssdm and kde start right. Hi, I have compiled sddm on Ubuntu 12.10 with qt4 and installed via make install. Choose gdm3 or sddm. Wait for the installation to finish then logout and select Plasma in the login screen. Package: sddm Version: 0.17.0-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, I tried to do a fresh install of Debian Testing with KDE. And it has been this way on all the laptops I have had. Install KDE Plasma 5.12 on Ubuntu 18.04 Configure SDDM Running Kubuntu Willy with SDDM 0.11, I noticed that SDDM never actually uses my .Xresource file. Kubuntu 15.04 "sddm-greeter' crashes on start up. I would expect it to come with sddm itself but it didn't. See 'systemctl status sddm.service' and 'journalctl -xn for details. Press Enter. This is the first time I encountered this. 2 Where does /etc/sddm.conf come from? Trying to start it via :~$ sudo systemctl start sddm Job for sddm.service failed. In a VB installation I used sddm sddm-artix-theme and sddm-runit but /etc/sddm.conf doesn't exist. enable sddm and xorg/sddm/kde not start. Input the password to start using KDE Plasma Desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04. I installed systemd-sysv and rebooted the system, afterwards sddm did not start by itself anymore. I't does not help downgrading to an older kernel,some bug with sddm? If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ . The only solution I have found from here was to reinstall Arch. But then, sddm does not log all errors, so it's more difficult to understand what is going on. See: #770. I've had the same problem and adding radeon as module to initramfs solved my problem, why this occured though is something i do not know. You will have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Then I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager setting /usr/bin/sddm. During the installation, you may be prompted (only on Ubuntu 18.04) to select the default display manager for KDE Plasma Desktop. reboot Step 3: Using KDE Plasma Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. In fact I tried to start SDDM with the "SDDM" command. The installer will start installing the KDE desktop along with its dependencies. Launching it manually with "sudo systemctl start sddm" did not have effect also. You can then initiate customization of KDE Plasma Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. :~$ sudo journalctl -xn -- Logs begin at Mi 2014-10-22 21:02:25 CEST, end at Mi 2014-10-22 21:04:39 CEST. After installing it, SDDM did not launch. Reboot the system. 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