Talk:SDDM
Regarding the language support on login
The instructions do no always work (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196248 and I got this too) but there is a work-around
"Alternatively, if the above doesn't work for some reason, you could edit the file /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup and add the command setxkbmap -layout ISO, e.g. setxkbmap -layout se for a Swedish keyboard." I don't know if you want this included or if we are doing something stupid to not getting it to work. --Shieldfire (talk) 08:46, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
- Hello I recently ran in the same problem
- I set up Archlinux and want to install kde, I try to run sddm.service Wayland, but my keyboard was not set up correctly.
- After some digging I found this link: [1]
- I am a fan from systemd, so I ran the following command:
- localectl
- Result:
- System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
- VC Keymap: en_US.UTF-8
- X11 Layout: (notset)
- I set up the X11 Layout after ran the command: localectl --help.
- Setting up the X11 Layout:
- localectl set-x11-keymap fr
- After setting up, I executed command:
- localectl
- Result:
- System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
- VC Keymap: en_US.UTF-8
- X11 Layout: (fr)
- After that, I rebooted the system and it works.
- Hope this helps. Snoppiz (talk) 20:18, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
Regarding SDDM and root login
There is some discussion on root login in SDDM here: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php%3Ff=289&t=124502.html#p328070 Don't know if it's a "feature" or something is broken in SDDM or if it's a bug in Arch (and openSuse).
- There's a clear statement from the developer there now stating that it is the intended behaviour. It's a feature; not a bug. (And other posts noting that, really, you shouldn't want to be running an X session as root, for example.) --cfr (talk) 01:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Regarding SDDM 0.14.0
As the default shipped /etc/sddm.conf was changed some parts of the page have to be changed when 0.14.0 lands in [extra]. Z3ntu (talk) 10:15, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
SDDM loading before radeon module (ATI video driver)
Some update by 11-Sep-19 made SDDM unable to load normally during the boot process. The Wiki page should encourage the adding of the 'radeon' module in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf [MODULES=(radeon...)]. The update that caused the issue is for sure not related to SDDM, whose version 0.18.1 went out on 31-Mar-19. Probably is kernel or mesa related. Nicoadamo (talk)
- This is already pointed out in various places, e.g. ATI#Enable early KMS. As you say, it is not related to SDDM. Closing. -- Lahwaacz (talk) 13:55, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- I disagree with 'already pointed out in various places'. The article you linked only mentions how to, but never says it is a condition for a Desktop Manager to start properly at boot. Nicoadamo (talk)
- So let's see if more people have this problem. -- Lahwaacz (talk) 07:00, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
rootless X
Does sddm support running X rootless? It would be helpful to include a statement about this either way. (I can't find this information anywhere. I thought I'd read sddm didn't support it, but is that still the case? And, if so, is it still the recommended DM for KDE/Plasma?) --cfr (talk) 01:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
- It looks like is being worked on and there is code for it in the develop branch. You could try it with sddm-gitAUR But it looks like it doesn't work well yet https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/1502. If everything goes well, it might be released in the next version, 1.20. —ENV25 (talk) 12:30, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Regarding SDDM switching monitor on bug
I encountered this bug on SDDM 0.21.4, using recommended settings in SDDM#Wayland. Should I add a warning here or just append it to trouble shooting? Catoverflow (talk) 10:51, 6 August 2024 (UTC)