Greetings,
As far as I can tell this problem goes back at least 10 years, but despite reading 40-50 threads, there is no solution. david42 is a new user after doing a zypper update in prep for 42.3 upgrade. I have marked the problem in bold. root logs in without any problem. Old users, ditto. I see “solutions” like “copy an icon to .default.face” and “I don’t have this problem”
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main kdm[4562]: :0[4562]: pam_unix(xdm:session): session opened for user david42 by (uid=0)
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of david42.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1000…
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user david42 by (uid=0)
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[1]: Started Session 4 of user david42.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd-logind[1111]: New session 4 of user david42.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: Reached target Timers.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: Reached target Paths.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: Reached target Sockets.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: Reached target Basic System.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: Reached target Default.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[4591]: Startup finished in 33ms.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 1000.
Dec 15 09:09:12 david-main kdm[4562]: :0[4562]: pam_unix(xdm:session): session closed for user david42
Dec 15 09:09:13 david-main kdm[1344]: plymouth should quit after server startup
Dec 15 09:09:14 david-main kdm[1344]: Quitting Plymouth with transition
Dec 15 09:09:14 david-main kdm[1344]: Is Plymouth still running? no
Dec 15 09:09:14 david-main kdm_greet[4678]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd-logind[1111]: Removed session 4.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 1000…
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Stopped target Default.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Reached target Shutdown.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Stopped target Basic System.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Stopped target Paths.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Stopped target Sockets.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Stopped target Timers.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Starting Exit the Session…
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4591]: Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 4697 (kill).
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[4594]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user david42
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 1000.
Dec 15 09:09:15 david-main systemd[1]: Removed slice User Slice of david42.
I’ve been working with linux for a long time and this is the first time I’ve run into this specific problem.