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Thunder

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Registered: 2019-10-17

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Tried to setup a tigervnc server on arch but broke user account

So, I've been building my home network up a bit over the past week or two and my most recent project has been to get a pi zero to run as a tigervnc client on my living room tv so that I can forward my screen from my arch laptop.

I was setting up a tigervnc server referencing arch wiki plus these two guides:

https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/insta … rch-linux/

https://project.altservice.com/issues/885

Unfortunately, after I thought I was finished and rebooted my laptop I am having trouble logging into my main account that I was setting up tigervnc on. Sddm starts up no problem and I am able to input my password and I'm even able to successfully login to another account on the laptop but when I input the right password on my main account the screen freezes and hangs indefinitely. Mouse is still responsive and I can usually get terminal with ctr+alt+f2 but I just can't seem to log in.

My journalctl ssdm files are (user=thunder):

Jul 09 13:19:03 archlinux sddm-helper[732]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user thunder by (uid=0)
Jul 09 13:19:03 archlinux sddm-helper[732]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Jul 09 13:19:03 archlinux sddm[490]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
Jul 09 13:19:03 archlinux sddm[490]: Greeter stopped.
Jul 09 13:19:03 archlinux sddm-helper[732]: Starting: "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession \"/usr/bin/startplasma-x11\""
Jul 09 13:19:23 archlinux sddm[490]: Session started
Jul 09 13:19:24 archlinux sddm[490]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux sddm[490]: Signal received: SIGTERM
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux systemd[1]: Stopping Simple Desktop Display Manager...
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux sddm[490]: Socket server stopping...
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux sddm[490]: Socket server stopped.
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux sddm[490]: Display server stopping...
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux sddm[490]: Display server stopped.
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux sddm[490]: Running display stop script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop"
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux systemd[1]: sddm.service: Succeeded.
Jul 09 13:21:36 archlinux systemd[1]: Stopped Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Initializing...
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Starting...
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Logind interface found
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Display server starting...
Jul 09 13:21:49 archlinux sddm[772]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{5c519864-9ce9-466b-8dca-559fd737dc41} -background none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt1
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Setting default cursor
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Running display setup script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Display server started.
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Socket server starting...
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Socket server started.
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/ittu_bottom/theme.conf"
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Greeter starting...
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm[772]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{5c519864-9ce9-466b-8dca-559fd737dc41}"
Jul 09 13:21:50 archlinux sddm-helper[786]: [PAM] Starting...

Last edited by Thunder (2020-07-09 18:04:01)

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Re: Tried to setup a tigervnc server on arch but broke user account

Suggest you follow our wiki's tigervnc page.

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Thunder

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Re: Tried to setup a tigervnc server on arch but broke user account

I was, that's what I meant by the arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC I read all 3 of those guides though, so somewhere in there I might have made a mistake or made a change I shouldn 't have.

I don't really care about putting a tigervnc server on arch anymore mind you, I just want my user space back! I only attempted the install to quickly test if my tiger-viewer on the pi zero was working correctly; the end goal for my tigervnc server will be on another device anyways.

As far as I can tell the error in the logs is "Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1".  There are a couple google hits and they are having the same problem but their solution is not working for me:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=235582
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/desktop-man … tart/41000