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#1 2022-12-26 16:45:29

vejtics
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SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

I double checked that I am using the right keyboard layout, and I also double checked that the password itself is correct, but SDDM (again, only on lock screen, not login) acts as if I am entering a wrong password. When I click "switch user", I can enter just fine, even though it's still SDDM.

On any other prompt (sudo, CLI login, etc.), I can enter my password without issues.

The only setting I remember changing before that, was I changed the locale (in KDE Plasma system settings), but when I changed it back, SDDM kept doing this.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 2022-12-26 16:50:55

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

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#3 2022-12-26 17:39:57

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

That doesn't seem to be the issue. I tried entering the password as if the keymap was us, and it still doesn't work. I also checked 00-keyboard.conf, and the layout is correct. I ran localectl just to make sure. Still nothing.

edit: and either way, doesn't SDDM use the KDE layouts instead of the system ones, when on lock screen and not login screen? At least it seems like it does.

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#4 2022-12-26 18:01:56

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

The ArchWiki says SDDM uses X configuration for the keyboard. No idea myself, I just use Wayland these days.

A quick search brings up some possible leads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comm … _accepted/

https://askubuntu.com/questions/909943/ … creen-sddm

No solid answers though. Does GDM provide a more reliable experience? It always seems to work better than SDDM for me but I don't use Plasma so that may be irrelevant.

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#5 2022-12-26 18:41:05

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

This (edit: the reddit post) makes sense, since I did mess with permissions in /usr (which I realized was a very bad idea for many reasons, this probably being one of them). I ran yay -S $(pacman -Qq) to reinstall all my packages, so if it's a permissions issue, hopefully this will fix it. I tried reinstalling SDDM alone first, to no avail.

I'll post an update here once everything is reinstalled.

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#6 2022-12-26 18:54:40

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

That was it. I probably didn't need to reinstall everything, just some relevant packages, but solved nevertheless.

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#7 2022-12-26 20:11:35

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

vejtics wrote:

I ran yay -S $(pacman -Qq) to reinstall all my packages

*Facepalm*

So, every single package is now explicitly installed.  Not the end of the world, but it may complicate finding orphans in the future.


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#8 2022-12-26 21:20:56

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

vejtics wrote:

I double checked that I am using the right keyboard layout, and I also double checked that the password itself is correct, but SDDM (again, only on lock screen, not login) acts as if I am entering a wrong password. When I click "switch user", I can enter just fine, even though it's still SDDM.

On any other prompt (sudo, CLI login, etc.), I can enter my password without issues.

The only setting I remember changing before that, was I changed the locale (in KDE Plasma system settings), but when I changed it back, SDDM kept doing this.

Thanks in advance.

.

Last edited by saronno (2022-12-26 21:22:39)

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#9 2022-12-27 13:46:14

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Re: SDDM marking correct password as incorrect (but only on lock screen)

ewaller wrote:

So, every single package is now explicitly installed.

I should've run -Qqe instead, right? Asking for future reference.

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