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Calucinho

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Registered: 2014-12-05

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[SOLVED] Login loop: back to login screen after logging in

Recently, I am experiencing problems with logging into my system. After filling in my password at the login screen and pressing enter, my screen turns black and some messages are shown and a split second later I am back at the login screen. There is one error among the messages:

[FAILED] Failed to start dhcpcd on enp6s0

At random, after retrying a gazillion times (actually closer to 20 tries), I manage to eventually login. What is wrong with my system?

I am running:

- lastest Arch
- KDE Plasma 5
- sddm

Last edited by Calucinho (2016-01-25 10:35:54)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Login loop: back to login screen after logging in

Read the journal entries for your DM and Xorg's log...

Moving to NC.

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TheSaint

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Re: [SOLVED] Login loop: back to login screen after logging in

Mostly problem starts by SDDM, what do you get when starting by startx ?

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Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Login loop: back to login screen after logging in

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=207780

I think this is the thread you mean @TheSaint

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Calucinho

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Registered: 2014-12-05

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Re: [SOLVED] Login loop: back to login screen after logging in

Thanks @Head_on_a_Stick! As mentioned in that thread, the workaround is NOT to use the Breeze theme for the SDDM login screen. Currently, there is a bug in the theme.