[plasma/plasma-login-manager] src/daemon: daemon: Drop code that tries a display multiple times

Git commit 8591a710ab7eb9a6e3777bad877425f3ebfae581 by Neal Gompa, on behalf of David Edmundson.
Committed on 02/08/2026 at 17:12.
Pushed by ngompa into branch 'master'.

daemon: Drop code that tries a display multiple times

This was a workaround for when drivers weren't loaded on time.
This is fixed by used of udevadm settle.

M  +1    -22   src/daemon/Seat.cpp
M  +0    -1    src/daemon/Seat.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/commit/8591a710ab7eb9a6e3777bad877425f3ebfae581

diff --git a/src/daemon/Seat.cpp b/src/daemon/Seat.cpp
index 2b22554c..50760844 100644
--- a/src/daemon/Seat.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/Seat.cpp
@@ -178,28 +178,7 @@ void Seat::createDisplay()
     display->setAutoLogin(autologinUser, autologinSession);
 
     // start the display
-    startDisplay(display);
-}
-
-void Seat::startDisplay(Display *display, int tryNr)
-{
-    if (display->start()) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // It's possible that the system isn't ready yet (driver not loaded,
-    // device not enumerated, ...). It's not possible to tell when that changes,
-    // so try a few times with a delay in between.
-    qWarning() << "Attempt" << tryNr << "starting the Display server on vt" << display->terminalId() << "failed";
-
-    if (tryNr >= 3) {
-        qCritical() << "Could not start Display server on vt" << display->terminalId();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    QTimer::singleShot(2000, display, [this, display, tryNr] {
-        startDisplay(display, tryNr + 1);
-    });
+    display->start();
 }
 
 void Seat::displayStopped()
diff --git a/src/daemon/Seat.h b/src/daemon/Seat.h
index 9b890d5d..09f61589 100644
--- a/src/daemon/Seat.h
+++ b/src/daemon/Seat.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ private slots:
     void displayStopped();
 
 private:
-    void startDisplay(PLASMALOGIN::Display *display, int tryNr = 1);
     bool isTtyInUse(const QString &tty) const;
 
     QString m_name;