Re: Sddm cannot find breeze theme

"dave kohler" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.support
Message-ID <CAE62XYoDkKxixwQb6_ySyinLxYoQ4EwLN7LMbBjeRnt2X5EWwg@mail.gmail.com> 
> I'm wondering what symlinks you are talking about.  The only symlinks
> that should be relevant in this matter are the ones in
> - /usr/share/xsessions
> - /usr/share/wayland-sessions
>
> You should verify that they exist and point to the right files.  See
> "Installation of Plasma", section beginning with "If you did not set
> $KF6_PREFIX to /usr, create symlinks..."
>
> If that doesn't help you you should perhaps post the
> waylanThemeDir=d-section of
> your sddm.conf.
>

Sorry for the delayed response.
I have confirmed that the symlinks in /usr/share/xsessions and
/usr/share/wayland sessions were applied correctly.
By comparison with the sddm example-config I see that I also  applied a
modification in the ThemeDir path so that the Breeze
theme could be found in the /opt/kf6 area. lastly I applied the suggested
GreeterEnvironment value as suggested by sicarine.

I believe that I initially had placed a symlink in
the /usr/share/sddm/themes to point at the Breeze theme, but later realized
I could
add its /opt/kf6 location to the ThemeDir path in the sddm.conf file.

I have attached my entire sddm.conf file.

When I boot into this system, I see a 'normal' sddm screen where I have
Plasma/Wayland operation selected. After I enter the
password, The screen clears, I see some 10 or more lines of text flash by
including at least one read line, then the screen clears again
and I am back to seeing the sddm screen asking for a login.

Here is the entire content of the wayland-session.log file:
kf.dbusaddons: Skipping syncing of environment variable
 "BASH_FUNC_pathappend%%" as name contains unsupported characters
kf.dbusaddons: Skipping syncing of environment variable
 "BASH_FUNC_pathprepend%%" as name contains unsupported characters
kf.dbusaddons: Skipping syncing of environment variable
 "BASH_FUNC_pathremove%%" as name contains unsupported characters
org.kde.startup: "kdeinit5_shutdown" QList() exited with code 255
startplasma-wayland: Shutting down...
startplasmacompositor: Shutting down...
startplasmacompositor: Done.

Note the first 3 lines correspond to what sicarine and I have reported in
earlier posts, occurring again under yet different initiating conditions.
Apparently KDE does not tolerate the exporting of functions to the
environment, or only allows symbols.

I am guessing that the brief text output is coming from the kde startup,
but have not yet discovered where there might be any other information
providing details of the failure.

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sddm.conf (text/plain, 3.7 KB) 
[Autologin]
# Whether sddm should automatically log back into sessions when they exit
Relogin=false

# Name of session file for autologin session (if empty try last logged in)
Session=

# Username for autologin session
User=


[General]
# Which display server should be used.
# Valid values are: x11, x11-user, wayland. Wayland support is experimental
DisplayServer=x11

# Comma-separated list of environment variables to be set
GreeterEnvironment=QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/opt/kf6/lib/qml:/opt/qt6/qml,QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/opt/kf6/lib/plugins:
/opt/kf6/lib/plugins/kcms:/usr/lib/plugins:/opt/qt6/plugins,XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share:
/opt/kf6/share,XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/dave/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg:/opt/kf6/etc/xdg,PATH=
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/kf6/bin:/opt/qt6/bin


# Halt command
HaltCommand=/usr/bin/systemctl poweroff

# Input method module
InputMethod=

# Comma-separated list of Linux namespaces for user session to enter
Namespaces=

# Initial NumLock state. Can be on, off or none.
# If property is set to none, numlock won't be changed
# NOTE: Currently ignored if autologin is enabled.
Numlock=none

# Reboot command
RebootCommand=/usr/bin/systemctl reboot


[Theme]
# Current theme name
Current=

# Cursor size used in the greeter
CursorSize=

# Cursor theme used in the greeter
CursorTheme=

# Number of users to use as threshold
# above which avatars are disabled
# unless explicitly enabled with EnableAvatars
DisableAvatarsThreshold=7

# Enable display of custom user avatars
EnableAvatars=true

# Global directory for user avatars
# The files should be named <username>.face.icon
FacesDir=/usr/share/sddm/faces

# Font used in the greeter
Font=

# Theme directory path
ThemeDir=/usr/share/sddm/themes:/opt/kf6/share/sddm/themes


[Users]
# Default $PATH for logged in users
DefaultPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

# Comma-separated list of shells.
# Users with these shells as their default won't be listed
HideShells=

# Comma-separated list of users that should not be listed
HideUsers=

# Maximum user id for displayed users
MaximumUid=60513

# Minimum user id for displayed users
MinimumUid=1000

# Remember the session of the last successfully logged in user
RememberLastSession=true

# Remember the last successfully logged in user
RememberLastUser=true

# When logging in as the same user twice, restore the original session, rather than create a new one
ReuseSession=true


[Wayland]
# Path of the Wayland compositor to execute when starting the greeter
CompositorCommand=weston --shell=kiosk

# Enable Qt's automatic high-DPI scaling
EnableHiDPI=true

# Path to a script to execute when starting the desktop session
SessionCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session

# Comma-separated list of directories containing available Wayland sessions
SessionDir=/usr/local/share/wayland-sessions,/usr/share/wayland-sessions

# Path to the user session log file
SessionLogFile=.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log


[X11]
# Path to a script to execute when starting the display server
DisplayCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup

# Path to a script to execute when stopping the display server
DisplayStopCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop

# Enable Qt's automatic high-DPI scaling
EnableHiDPI=true

# Arguments passed to the X server invocation
ServerArguments=-nolisten tcp

# Path to X server binary
ServerPath=/usr/bin/X

# Path to a script to execute when starting the desktop session
SessionCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession

# Comma-separated list of directories containing available X sessions
SessionDir=/usr/local/share/xsessions,/usr/share/xsessions

# Path to the user session log file
SessionLogFile=.local/share/sddm/xorg-session.log

# Path to Xephyr binary
XephyrPath=/usr/bin/Xephyr
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