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IslandC0der

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2020-06-28

Posts: 39

[SOLVED] Missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so?

Hi everyone!

When upgrading to pam 1.4.0-2, sddm won't start, complaining about a missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so. Indeed, this file exists in the previous version of pam, but not the latest one available on testing. When booting, all I see is the normal boot output and the cursor. However, by switching to tty2 and logging in as root, I can do killall Xorg, and then Xorg will restart automatically and sddm will start normally. Am I missing something here? Logs:

journalctl -u sddm

-- Reboot --
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Initializing...
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Starting...
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Logind interface found
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Adding new display on vt 1 ...
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Loading theme configuration from ""
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Display server starting...
Aug 01 13:23:59 Atoll sddm[534]: Running: /usr/bin/X -dpi 144 -auth /var/run/sddm/{12b31897-387a-46e4-95fe-2fab810a476d} -background none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt1
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Setting default cursor
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Running display setup script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Display server started.
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop"
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop"
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startplasma-x11"
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{12b31897-387a-46e4-95fe-2fab810a476d}"
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so): /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: PAM adding faulty module: /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] Starting...
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] authenticate: Module is unknown
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] returning.
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Authentication error: "Module is unknown"
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm-helper[551]: [PAM] Ended.
Aug 01 13:24:01 Atoll sddm[534]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1

(switch to tty2 and run "killall Xorg" as root)

Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll sddm[534]: Signal received: SIGTERM
Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll sddm[534]: Display server stopping...
Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll systemd[1]: Stopping Simple Desktop Display Manager...
Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll sddm[534]: Display server stopped.
Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll sddm[534]: Running display stop script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop"
Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll systemd[1]: sddm.service: Succeeded.
Aug 01 13:25:21 Atoll systemd[1]: Stopped Simple Desktop Display Manager.
-- Reboot --

Let me know if you need any more information/logs.
Thanks!

Last edited by IslandC0der (2020-08-02 17:15:49)

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: [SOLVED] Missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=257564 ?

IslandC0der

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2020-06-28

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so?

Thanks for the quick reply!
Unfortunately, I don't have that .pacnew file on my system.

I'll try to manually change the files according to #3 here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67347

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so?

What's the output of...

pacman-config

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IslandC0der

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2020-06-28

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so?

Don't have pacman-config... You mean pacman-conf?
If so, here it is:

[options]
RootDir = /
DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman
HoldPkg = glibc
NoUpgrade = usr/lib/qt/plugins/plasma/applets/org.kde.plasma.private.systemtray.so
NoUpgrade = usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.private.systemtray/*
Architecture = x86_64
Color
TotalDownload
CheckSpace
VerbosePkgLists
DisableDownloadTimeout
CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
SigLevel = PackageRequired
SigLevel = PackageTrustedOnly
SigLevel = DatabaseOptional
SigLevel = DatabaseTrustedOnly
LocalFileSigLevel = PackageOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = PackageTrustedOnly
[kde-unstable]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/kde-unstable/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/kde-unstable/os/x86_64
[testing]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/testing/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/testing/os/x86_64
[core]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
[extra]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
[community-testing]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/community-testing/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/community-testing/os/x86_64
[community]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
[multilib-testing]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/multilib-testing/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/multilib-testing/os/x86_64
[multilib]
Usage = All
Server = https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
Server = https://glua.ua.pt/pub/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64

IslandC0der

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2020-06-28

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Missing /usr/lib/security/pam_tally.so?

Thanks for the quick reply!
Unfortunately, I don't have that .pacnew file on my system.

I'll try to manually change the files according to #3 here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67347

Okay, so this fixed it. Thanks everyone!