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MLG_Herobrine

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Registered: 2022-03-08

Posts: 3

[KDE Plasma + Grub] Shutdown dumps to log

I love the fact that I switched to Arch Linux, but I've had one annoying problem:
Whenever I go to shutdown (systemctl shutdown or just using my DE) it dumps me into what looks to be a log (kind of like a tty but read-only). It usually has a message like "@a@a@a" or "Shutdown scheduled for" if I scheduled a shutdown. From there, I have to force shutdown my computer by holding the power button. Why am I being dumped here, and how do I stop it?
I've tried looking at the Arch wiki, but there's probably an obvious answer I missed. I looked under shutdown.
System Info:
KDE Plasma 5.23.5-1
Kernel: 5.16.15-1-arch1-1
Grub 2:2.06-5 as bootloader

Thanks in advance!
P.S. If needed I can take a photo of where I get dumped

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,285

Re: [KDE Plasma + Grub] Shutdown dumps to log

How are you starting KDE? SDDM? And what are you starting? A wayland session? There is at least one bug here with that combination that can lead to SDDM not properly receiving the information that KDE has quit, which can be "fixed" by switching your VT to 1 where SDDM is, or by just letting the systemd timeout run out (90 seconds by default).

Afaik - though I haven't actually tested this myself yet - should be fixed with a new enough SDDM which you might get from sddm-git in the AUR

Oh, and welcome to the Arch boards

Last edited by V1del (2022-04-14 17:01:59)