Picking here to get a fresh sub thread going. Attempt two. I got all the packages installed. Made sure the Nvidia video drivers were loaded. I remembered to make sure elogind was running. It wasn't, so I started it. Why doesn't display-manager pull that in??? Anyway, I started display-manager and got the sddm screen. I selected Plasma x11 instead of Plasma wayland. I then logged in. It took a little bit but finally the screen came up. All I get is the 'Welcome to KDE plasma" window. Everything else is black. I like the screen that says "simple by default". It's simple alright. A black screen is pretty simple.
The mouse pointer moves so it sees the mouse. Right click should bring up a menu. Nothing. The little panel thing that is usually at the bottom, nothing. Once I close the welcome window, it's black. This is the messages file from the point of me starting display-manager. Jun 25 09:08:32 Gentoo-1 elogind-daemon[3079]: New session 5 of user root. Jun 25 09:08:32 Gentoo-1 login[3115]: ROOT LOGIN on '/dev/tty1' Jun 25 09:09:03 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3204]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=219) by root(uid=0) Jun 25 09:09:03 Gentoo-1 elogind-daemon[3079]: Existing logind session ID 5 used by new audit session, ignoring. Jun 25 09:09:03 Gentoo-1 elogind-daemon[3079]: New session c1 of user sddm. Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user dale(uid=1000) by dale(uid=0) Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 elogind-daemon[3079]: New session 6 of user dale. Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3223]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3204]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session closed for user sddm Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 elogind-daemon[3079]: Removed session c1. Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 sddm-helper[3235]: pam_kwallet5: final socket path: /run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3249]: [session uid=1000 pid=3247 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.a11y.Bus' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=3241 comm="/usr/bin/nvidia-settings --load-config-only" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3249]: [session uid=1000 pid=3247 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus' Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. Jun 25 09:09:40 Gentoo-1 kernel: nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 240. Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' requested by ':1.3' (uid=1000 pid=3297 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/klauncher --fd=9" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=3300 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' requested by ':1.5' (uid=1000 pid=3307 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-document-portal" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.kde' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=3300 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.kde' Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='net.hadess.PowerProfiles' requested by ':1.11' (uid=1000 pid=3300 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activated service 'net.hadess.PowerProfiles' failed: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1 Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.kde.kglobalaccel' requested by ':1.10' (uid=1000 pid=3341 comm="/usr/bin/kded5" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.kde.ActivityManager' requested by ':1.10' (uid=1000 pid=3341 comm="/usr/bin/kded5" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.ActivityManager' Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='ca.desrt.dconf' requested by ':1.14' (uid=1000 pid=3341 comm="/usr/bin/kded5" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:41 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'ca.desrt.dconf' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' requested by ':1.0' (uid=0 pid=3079 comm="elogind-daemon" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 polkitd[3417]: Started polkitd version 124 Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 polkitd[3417]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 polkitd[3417]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 polkitd[3417]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 3 rules Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 polkitd[3417]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.UDisks2' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=3405 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/baloo_file" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.UPower' requested by ':1.21' (uid=1000 pid=3408 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UPower' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.discretegpuhelper' requested by ':1.21' (uid=1000 pid=3408 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.discretegpuhelper' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper' requested by ':1.21' (uid=1000 pid=3408 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.chargethresholdhelper' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' requested by ':1.21' (uid=1000 pid=3408 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2' Jun 25 09:09:42 Gentoo-1 polkitd[3417]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:6 (system bus name :1.38 [/usr/lib64/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/kde/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8) Jun 25 09:09:43 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='net.hadess.PowerProfiles' requested by ':1.21' (uid=1000 pid=3408 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:43 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activated service 'net.hadess.PowerProfiles' failed: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1 Jun 25 09:09:43 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.kde.KScreen' requested by ':1.22' (uid=1000 pid=3408 comm="/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:43 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.KScreen' Jun 25 09:09:44 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.38' (uid=1000 pid=3520 comm="/usr/bin/wireplumber" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:44 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' Jun 25 09:09:44 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1000 pid=3341 comm="/usr/bin/kded5" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:44 Gentoo-1 ModemManager[3611]: <info> ModemManager (version 1.20.6) starting in system bus... Jun 25 09:09:44 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' Jun 25 09:09:45 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Activating service name='org.bluez.obex' requested by ':1.10' (uid=1000 pid=3341 comm="/usr/bin/kded5" label="kernel") Jun 25 09:09:45 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.kded.smart' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1000 pid=3341 comm="/usr/bin/kded5" label="kernel") (using servicehelper) Jun 25 09:09:45 Gentoo-1 obexd[3625]: OBEX daemon 5.76 Jun 25 09:09:45 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3273]: [session uid=1000 pid=3271 pidfd=4] Successfully activated service 'org.bluez.obex' Jun 25 09:09:45 Gentoo-1 dbus-daemon[3051]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.kded.smart' Jun 25 09:09:47 Gentoo-1 ModemManager[3611]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.2/0000:03:09.0/0000:08:00.0': not supported by any plugin /var/log/Xorg.0.log didn't add anything at all. This is sddm.log but it looks like it worked. I was able to login. tail -f /var/log/sddm.log [09:09:02.445] (II) DAEMON: Initializing... [09:09:02.448] (II) DAEMON: Starting... [09:09:02.448] (II) DAEMON: Logind interface found [09:09:02.448] (II) DAEMON: Adding new display... [09:09:02.448] (II) DAEMON: Loaded empty theme configuration [09:09:02.449] (II) DAEMON: Xauthority path: "/run/sddm/xauth_dotOqf" [09:09:02.449] (II) DAEMON: Using VT 7 [09:09:02.449] (II) DAEMON: Display server starting... [09:09:02.449] (II) DAEMON: Writing cookie to "/run/sddm/xauth_dotOqf" [09:09:02.449] (II) DAEMON: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt7 -auth /run/sddm/xauth_dotOqf -noreset -displayfd 16 [09:09:03.551] (II) DAEMON: Setting default cursor [09:09:03.554] (II) DAEMON: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup" [09:09:03.555] (II) DAEMON: Display server started. [09:09:03.555] (II) DAEMON: Socket server starting... [09:09:03.555] (II) DAEMON: Socket server started. [09:09:03.555] (II) DAEMON: Loaded empty theme configuration [09:09:03.555] (II) DAEMON: Greeter starting... [09:09:03.561] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Starting... [09:09:03.561] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Authenticating... [09:09:03.561] (II) HELPER: [PAM] returning. [09:09:03.588] (II) HELPER: Writing cookie to "/tmp/xauth_AWrxzW" [09:09:03.588] (II) HELPER: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/bin/sddm-greeter --socket /tmp/sddm-:0-RhvuXn" [09:09:03.589] (II) DAEMON: Greeter session started successfully [09:09:03.623] (II) DAEMON: Message received from greeter: Connect [09:09:40.423] (II) DAEMON: Message received from greeter: Login [09:09:40.423] (II) DAEMON: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" [09:09:40.424] (II) DAEMON: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startplasma-x11" for VT 7 [09:09:40.464] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Starting... [09:09:40.464] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Authenticating... [09:09:40.464] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Preparing to converse... [09:09:40.464] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages [09:09:40.467] (II) HELPER: [PAM] returning. [09:09:40.467] (II) DAEMON: Authentication for user "dale" successful [09:09:40.504] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Closing session [09:09:40.505] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Ended. [09:09:40.505] (II) DAEMON: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully [09:09:40.506] (II) DAEMON: Greeter stopped. SDDM::Auth::HELPER_SUCCESS [09:09:40.510] (II) HELPER: Writing cookie to "/tmp/xauth_amdOcN" [09:09:40.510] (II) HELPER: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession \"/usr/bin/startplasma-x11\"" [09:09:40.511] (II) DAEMON: Session started true Here's one more interesting tidbit. Gentoo-1 ~ # xrandr --listmonitors Can't open display Gentoo-1 ~ # That's while the screen has locked, which I might add has a background picture unlike the KDE screen. Does this yield any clues? Dale :-) :-)
