sddm woes

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It seems that every time I upgrade kde, sddm stops working.
The annoying thing is that I can't tell what is going wrong.
/var/log/sddm.log ...

[14:11:58.505] (II) DAEMON: Initializing...
[14:11:58.533] (II) DAEMON: Starting...
[14:11:58.533] (II) DAEMON: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
[14:11:58.544] (II) DAEMON: Display server starting...
[14:11:58.544] (II) DAEMON: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth
/var/run/sddm/{a52b91bd-4696-48c6-bdb0-5126edd0c2b6} -background none
-noreset -displayfd 18 vt7
[14:12:02.224] (II) DAEMON: Running display setup script
"/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
[14:12:02.443] (II) DAEMON: Display server started.
[14:12:02.443] (II) DAEMON: Socket server starting...
[14:12:02.444] (II) DAEMON: Socket server started.
[14:12:02.477] (II) DAEMON: Greeter starting...
[14:12:02.477] (II) DAEMON: Adding cookie to
"/var/run/sddm/{a52b91bd-4696-48c6-bdb0-5126edd0c2b6}"
[14:12:02.520] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Starting...
[14:12:02.520] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Authenticating...
[14:12:02.520] (II) HELPER: [PAM] returning.
[14:12:02.584] (II) DAEMON: Greeter session started successfully
[14:12:05.271] (II) DAEMON: Message received from greeter: Connect
[14:12:15.625] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Closing session
[14:12:15.626] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Ended.
[14:12:15.675] (WW) DAEMON: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 6
[14:12:15.675] (II) DAEMON: Greeter stopped.

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ALl I get is an underline (cursor presumably) in the top left corner of the
screen and nothing else. Its not responsive to keyboard and I have to power
cycle to get the machine back.

In my user account I can "startx" which is what I'm using now.
I hated switching from kdm which was reliable, to sddm which seems
extremely flaky.
I tried switching to lightDM but the lightdm-kde-greeter is not in the
gentoo software list yet, only the lightdm-gtk-greeter which seems to be
gnome.

Does anyone have any hints on how to either fix sddm or find out why it
doesn't work?

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e I upgrade kde, sddm stops working.<br></div>The annoying thing is that I =
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<pre class=3D"gmail-western">[14:11:58.505] (II) DAEMON: Initializing...
[14:11:58.533] (II) DAEMON: Starting...
[14:11:58.533] (II) DAEMON: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
[14:11:58.544] (II) DAEMON: Display server starting...
[14:11:58.544] (II) DAEMON: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/ru=
n/sddm/{a52b91bd-4696-48c6-bdb0-5126edd0c2b6} -background none -noreset -di=
splayfd 18 vt7
[14:12:02.224] (II) DAEMON: Running display setup script  &quot;/usr/share/=
sddm/scripts/Xsetup&quot;
[14:12:02.443] (II) DAEMON: Display server started.
[14:12:02.443] (II) DAEMON: Socket server starting...
[14:12:02.444] (II) DAEMON: Socket server started.
[14:12:02.477] (II) DAEMON: Greeter starting...
[14:12:02.477] (II) DAEMON: Adding cookie to &quot;/var/run/sddm/{a52b91bd-=
4696-48c6-bdb0-5126edd0c2b6}&quot;
[14:12:02.520] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Starting...
[14:12:02.520] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Authenticating...
[14:12:02.520] (II) HELPER: [PAM] returning.
[14:12:02.584] (II) DAEMON: Greeter session started successfully
[14:12:05.271] (II) DAEMON: Message received from greeter: Connect
[14:12:15.625] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Closing session
[14:12:15.626] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Ended.
[14:12:15.675] (WW) DAEMON: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 6
[14:12:15.675] (II) DAEMON: Greeter stopped.</pre>

--<br></div>ALl I get is an underline (cursor presumably) in the top left c=
orner of the screen and nothing else. Its not responsive to keyboard and I =
have to power cycle to get the machine back.<br><br></div>In my user accoun=
t I can &quot;startx&quot; which is what I&#39;m using now.<br></div>I hate=
d switching from kdm which was reliable, to sddm which seems extremely flak=
y.<br></div>I tried switching to lightDM but the lightdm-kde-greeter is not=
 in the gentoo software list yet, only the lightdm-gtk-greeter which seems =
to be gnome.<br><br></div>Does anyone have any hints on how to either fix s=
ddm or find out why it doesn&#39;t work?<br></div>

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