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ralvez

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Failed to Start Session c3 of user sddm [SOLVED]

As of today I have an error that prevents my system from loading the GUI.
I've KDE 5, and this is what happens:
- I boot and then it goes through the normal boot and then I get the message that is the subject of this thread.
- It then goes through a cycle of stopping the session and starting again, over and over.
- It then will freeze for a while

Eventually I'll be able to go to another console and see systemctl. If I request "systemctl sddm status" it says that there is no such process (!!!)
In the log I'll see : sddm.service  loaded failed(in red) failed (in red)

I've tried to start sddm manually but it fails too.
I changed the nvidia driver for nouveau but it made no difference.

- If I try to boot arch in rescue mode I get a GUI but without mouse of keyboard so I cannot do anything then

Any ideas that may help troubleshoot the problem are more than welcome ... I'm sort of stuck here

Thanks.

R.

Last edited by ralvez (2016-01-15 23:41:22)

ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,730

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Re: Failed to Start Session c3 of user sddm [SOLVED]

Fixed.
The problem seemed to be the video card I was using.
I had an nvidia GE 8400 but the nvidia drivers in the repos did not like it at all after I updated the latest kernel.
After much trial an error I got a new card and everything works.

Last edited by ralvez (2016-01-15 23:44:12)