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SylviaAmbermoon

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Registered: 2025-08-21

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[SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

So I changed my log in screen in plasma. Now after a reboot I just get a black screen with no text. Is there any saving this? I’m not adding a picture of a blank monitor. It boots through its code sequence then goes blank where the log in screen should be. Can I save this from a bootable media, the Ubuntu booter in bios, or by hitting a key during start up ?

Make fun of me if you want just please help me save this lol (I’m crying)

Last edited by SylviaAmbermoon (2025-08-30 22:30:14)

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

Just switch to a different TTY and undo whatever you did.

SylviaAmbermoon

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Registered: 2025-08-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

Just switch to a different TTY and undo whatever you did.

What is a TTY and how do I change anything when I can’t get to a terminal or gui to change anything?

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

How in the world did you get to Arch and not know what a tty/vt is?

google tty switching.

SylviaAmbermoon

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Registered: 2025-08-21

Posts: 43

Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

How in the world did you get to Arch and not know what a tty/vt is?

google tty switching.

I’m googling it and the methods I’ve found are not working, hitting control+alt+fn keys
Different keyboard worked

Last edited by SylviaAmbermoon (2025-08-30 21:58:00)

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SylviaAmbermoon

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Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

So I have a different tty how do you change the login screen or load plasma from it when logged in, I did it through the gui I don’t know the terminal commands ! Its newbie corner is it not

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SylviaAmbermoon

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Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

I fixed it no worries all sorry for the spam post but thank you for teaching me about TTYs by lettingmegooglethatforyou

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Changed log in screen on plasma arch. Now I’m bricked

Also for the original issue, chances are whatever theme you setup needs qt5-declarative which is an opt-dep of SDDM