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[Question] Fedora KDE defaults to console mode if I don't turn on the display during boot-up (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by some_random_nick@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Any way to force the desktop to load regardless? I know, typing startx isn't hard, but I would like not to. Tnx!

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[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Boot log/kernel/dmesg, X/Wayland/kde primarily. Been a long time since I've had to troubleshoot something like this so I don't know the new kids on the block. Maybe upstart or dracut? Whatever manages the boot process now

[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I checked the logs and can't find anything interesting. I am not that knowlagable so you'll have to forgive me. I used journalctl -b -k to get the log from the current boot and piped it into grep for searching. There is no mention of kde, x11, xorg or wayland. Ok, editing this while typing. SDDM is segfaulting. I have no idea what that is, but another comment mentioned it. The message reads sddm-greeter-qt(1387): segfault ar 1b .... libLayerShellQtInterface.so.6.4.1... Guess that's the issue?

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that might be it. Sddm is a display manager, you might be using it for your login screen.

You might be able to work around it by just setting the service to restart automatically, so that it comes up properly once a display is attached. But if you can, I would try reproducing it on a fresh and fully updated install, and open a bug report to the maintainers if you can. Linux developers generally try to make really sure their programs don't crash like that.

[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Might as well try. I have a spare SSD lying around. Tnx for the assistance!