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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000236 | AlmaLinux-8 | kernel | public | 2022-05-17 13:30 | 2022-07-17 18:57 |
| Reporter | pmdumuid | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Summary | 0000236: The Simple Desktop Display Manager (sddm) fails to launch when using the default kernel that comes with Almalinux 8.6 | ||||
| Description | After upgrading to my AlmaLinux 8.6, I was unable to log in to a graphical environment (sddm). However when selecting an older version of the kernel from the grub screen, I am able to log in via the graphical environment (sddm). I have since installed AlmaLinux 8.6 from scratch in a virtual machine and replicated this problem with a fresh install. My colleages using different hardware are also experiencing this issue. Given that sddm is a default desktop manager for KDE environments, I would presume this is major in severity. My diagnosis so far: Switching to a text terminal (Ctrl-Alt+F5) and logging in, I identified that sddm was freezing. journalctl -b -u sddm.service stops after showing: May 17 20:25:50 linux-disp.kydlocal systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager. when using the failing kernel, however for a working kernel, it shows a lot more: -- Logs begin at Tue 2022-05-17 20:25:15 ACST, end at Tue 2022-05-17 22:49:48 ACST. -- May 17 20:25:50 linux-disp.kydlocal systemd[1]: Started Simple Desktop Display Manager. May 17 20:25:58 linux-disp.kydlocal sddm[1933]: Could not setup default cursor May 17 20:25:59 linux-disp.kydlocal sddm-helper[4193]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm by (uid=0) May 17 20:26:32 linux-disp.kydlocal sddm-helper[11443]: pam_unix(sddm:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= user=xxxx | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Steps: install a fresh Almalinux 8.6 Install sddm Enable sddm (systemctl enable sddm.service) Start sddm (systemctl start sddm.service) What should occur: A graphical login screen to show up . What actually occurs: A black screen with mouse visible upon movement, (i.e. Xorg started) No text or graphics visible | ||||
| Additional Information | Working kernel version - 4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5.x86_64 Failing Kernel Version - 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 | ||||
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Hi. Seems like upstream bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2082719 |
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Confirming the new kernel from Centos Stream ( kernel-4.18.0-394.el8.x86_64 ) fixes the issue. |
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There was an update to the RHBZ quoted above: " Troy Dawson 2022-07-13 14:26:47 UTC There is progress on getting this fixed in RHEL 8.6, instead of just waiting for RHEL 8.7. No expected date yet, but the work has started. " Once it is fixed in RHEL, Alma will inherit it. |
