Description of problem: While performing a clean install of Mageia 9(cauldron), KDE Plasma DE, using netinstall iso, I run into issues with sddm display manager, basically no graphical interface. The journalctl messages: " systemd[1972]: Failed to open configuration file '/var/lib/sddm/.config/systemd/user.conf': Permission denied sddm-helper[1985]: chdir( /var/lib/sddm ) failed for user: "sddm" sddm-helper[1985]: verify directory exist and has sufficient permissions " led to a simple workaround. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): sddm-0.19.0-16.mga9 How reproducible: once Steps to Reproduce: 1. Clean install of mageia 9, Plasma DE, using netinstall-cauldron iso 2. Rebooting after install and subsequent reboots end up with a blank screen Warkaround: After reboot, open a terminal(press Ctlr+Alt+F2) and log in as root Fix permissions: "chown sddm:sddm /var/lib/sddm" reboot or log out from terminal, switch to tty1(Ctlr+Alt+F1) then press Ctlr+Alt+Back (2 times) Regards.
Can't reproduce this. /var/lib/sddm/ permission is correctly 0700 for sddm:sddm after the pkg install. Can you redo the install and check the owner and permissions before chown?
Unfortunately cannot do it again, it's an old laptop with some troubling power connection and not mine to mess with it. On the other hand, everything else looked and worked fine. I remember that the ownership of /var/lib/sddm was set to root:root not sddm:sddm. Does seem to be an odd bug, hence me posting it. Cheers
Ever confirmed: 1 => 0Status: NEW => UNCONFIRMEDCC: (none) => marja11
$ ls -ld /var/lib/sddm/ drwx------ 4 sddm sddm 4096 Maw 6 21:10 /var/lib/sddm/ Closing.
Status: UNCONFIRMED => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => WORKSFORMECC: (none) => lewyssmith