Re: Sddm cannot find breeze theme

On 6/15/25 11:19 AM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
> Am 15.06.25 um 16:50 schrieb dave kohler ([email protected] via
> blfs-support Mailing List):
>>> 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
>>> $KF6_PREFIX to /usr, create symlinks..."
>>>
>>> If that doesn't help you you should perhaps post the
>>> waylanThemeDir=d-section of
>>> your sddm.conf.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for the delayed response.
> No problem, we all have more important things to do at times.
> 
>> I have confirmed that the symlinks in /usr/share/xsessions and
>> /usr/share/wayland sessions were applied correctly.
>> By comparison with the sddm example-config I see that I also  applied a
>> modification in the ThemeDir path so that the Breeze
>> theme could be found in the /opt/kf6 area. lastly I applied the suggested
>> GreeterEnvironment value as suggested by sicarine.
> That "GreeterEnvironment=" in your  sddm.conf  looks suspect to me.  It
> has to be a comma-separated list but you have newlines in it.  It will
> set the variable to a different value than intended.  You could check
> this with
>      echo "$GreeterEnvironment"
> 
> So I suggest to either leave the variable at its default (unset) or if
> you think you really need it, remove the newlines or try line
> continuation (\) to make it more readable:
> 
> 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

When trying to debug problems, try embedding some statements like:

   echo "Something to check" >> /tmp/debug

That can help see where things are going wrong.

   -- Bruce

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