Got worse for me with 0.17.0-1ubuntu7 Now don't even get the drop to "/ is clean" text mode.
Workaround of starting sddm via systemd from rc.local no longer works just putting "sddm" in rc.local does work. sddm.service symptom unchanged Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: sddm.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: sddm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: Stopped Simple Desktop Display Manager. Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: sddm.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: sddm.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'. Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager. Apr 21 22:36:35 wopr.house systemd[1]: sddm.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. as I ask ed earlier - where are these dump written ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763977 Title: Sddm service fails in Bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/1763977/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs