Sddm is masked for some reason

SadVolkner · 2022-12-10 11:14:34

I recently installed Arch Linux, and didn't have any major problem.

Now I was trying to install KDE on it and installed the packages for xorg, kde-desktop and sddm but systemctl keeps saying it is masked for some reason

systemctl enable sddm.service

Results in

Failed to enable unit: Unit file /use/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service is masked

I get very similar output when I try 'systemctl start' too

I have a gut feeling that I am missing something very basic since it is the first time I installed Arch manually without any installers.

Note: Please excuse my bad formatting since I'm on phone

V1del · 2022-12-10 11:54:03

If it's masked for some reasons it's likely because you masked it for some reason. If you want to unmask it, unmask it

systemctl unmask sddm.service

you might want to read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#Using_units to gain an understanding of the different possible unit states.

Last edited by V1del (2022-12-10 11:55:46)

SadVolkner · 2022-12-10 16:05:30

V1del wrote:

If it's masked for some reasons it's likely because you masked it for some reason. If you want to unmask it, unmask it
systemctl unmask sddm.service
you might want to read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#Using_units to gain an understanding of the different possible unit states.

No, I am sure that it is not the case. When I tried that unmask command it executed without any errors but I still couldn't enable the service

seth · 2022-12-10 16:14:42

systemctl list-unit-files
stat /etc/systemd/system/sddm.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service
lsattr /etc/systemd/system/sddm.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service

You did sudo the unmask command?

Arch Linux

#1 2022-12-10 11:14:34

Sddm is masked for some reason

#2 2022-12-10 11:54:03

Re: Sddm is masked for some reason

#3 2022-12-10 16:05:30

Re: Sddm is masked for some reason

#4 2022-12-10 16:14:42

Re: Sddm is masked for some reason

Board footer