SDDM freezes on user login

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When I try to login on the SDDM greeter, it completely freezes. Logging in as root works.
Ctrl+Alt+F5 does not work.

Here is the output of journalctl. These should be the logs between entering my password and pressing the poweroff button some minutes later.

Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain sddm[2112]: Greeter stopped. SDDM::Auth::HELPER_SUCCESS
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1597]: <info>  [1708168429.9046] device (wlp0s20f3): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to AE:29:1A:50:0A:39 (scanning)
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Finished User Runtime Directory /run/user/1000.
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: session-1.scope: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1597]: <info>  [1708168429.9091] policy: set-hostname: set hostname to 'localhost.localdomain' (no hostname found)
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain nscd[1248]: 1248 monitoring file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` (6)
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain nscd[1248]: 1248 monitoring directory `/etc` (2)
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain nscd[1248]: 1248 monitoring file `/etc/resolv.conf` (5)
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain nscd[1248]: 1248 monitoring directory `/etc` (2)
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain dbus-daemon[1226]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.10' (uid=0 pid=1597 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon")
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain systemd-logind[1453]: Session 1 logged out. Waiting for processes to exit.
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1000...
Feb 17 12:13:49 localhost.localdomain systemd-logind[1453]: Removed session 1.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain dbus-daemon[1226]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain (systemd)[2394]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user thesmilingturtle(uid=1000) by thesmilingturtle(uid=0)
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain (systemd)[2394]: pam_kwallet5(systemd-user:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain (systemd)[2394]: pam_kwallet5(systemd-user:session): pam_kwallet5: not a graphical session, skipping. Use force_run parameter to ignore this.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain dns-dnsmasq.sh[2417]: <debug> NETWORKMANAGER_DNS_FORWARDER is not set to "dnsmasq" in /etc/sysconfig/network/config -> exit
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd-xdg-autostart-generator[2412]: Configuration file /home/thesmilingturtle/.config/autostart/zb is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd-journald[644]: /var/log/journal/9e96dc1e8e1442b396f6f0dad76947c2/user-1000.journal: Journal file uses a different sequence number ID, rotating.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Queued start job for default target Main User Target.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Created slice User Application Slice.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Started Daily Cleanup of User's Temporary Directories.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Reached target Paths.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Reached target Timers.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket...
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Listening on Socket to launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Listening on PipeWire PulseAudio.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Listening on PipeWire Multimedia System Sockets.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Starting Create User's Volatile Files and Directories...
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Finished Create User's Volatile Files and Directories.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Reached target Sockets.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Reached target Basic System.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Reached target Main User Target.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Startup finished in 205ms.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 1000.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Session 3 of User thesmilingturtle.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user thesmilingturtle(uid=1000) by thesmilingturtle(uid=0)
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_open_session
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2438]: pam_kwallet5: final socket path: /run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: Starting Wayland user session: "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session" "/usr/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland"
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2440]: Jumping to VT 3
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2440]: VT mode didn't need to be fixed
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm[2112]: Session started true
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: Failed to write utmpx:  No such file or directory
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: [PAM] Closing session
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session closed for user thesmilingturtle
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_close_session
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: pam_kwallet5(sddm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: Failed to write utmpx:  No such file or directory
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm-helper[2388]: [PAM] Ended.
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain sddm[2112]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1
Feb 17 12:13:50 localhost.localdomain systemd-logind[1453]: Session 3 logged out. Waiting for processes to exit.
Feb 17 12:13:54 localhost.localdomain nscd[1248]: 1248 checking for monitored file `/etc/services': No such file or directory
Feb 17 12:13:55 localhost.localdomain nscd[1248]: 1248 checking for monitored file `/etc/netgroup': No such file or directory
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 461...
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Activating special unit Exit the Session...
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped target Main User Target.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Closed Socket to launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopping D-Bus User Message Bus...
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped D-Bus User Message Bus.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Removed slice User Core Session Slice.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped target Basic System.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped target Paths.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped target Sockets.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped target Timers.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped Daily Cleanup of User's Temporary Directories.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Closed D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Closed PipeWire PulseAudio.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Closed PipeWire Multimedia System Sockets.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Stopped Create User's Volatile Files and Directories.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Removed slice User Application Slice.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Reached target Shutdown.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Finished Exit the Session.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[2343]: Reached target Exit the Session.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: user@461.service: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 461.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopping User Runtime Directory /run/user/461...
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: run-user-461.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: user-runtime-dir@461.service: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped User Runtime Directory /run/user/461.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Removed slice User Slice of UID 461.
Feb 17 12:14:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: user-461.slice: Consumed 1.225s CPU time.
Feb 17 12:14:19 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 17 12:19:26 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Created slice User Background Tasks Slice.
Feb 17 12:19:26 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Starting Cleanup of User's Temporary Files and Directories...
Feb 17 12:19:26 localhost.localdomain systemd[2394]: Finished Cleanup of User's Temporary Files and Directories.
Feb 17 12:20:46 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1597]: <info>  [1708168846.0688] device (wlp0s20f3): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to EE:F1:0F:20:41:95 (scanning)
Feb 17 12:20:46 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1597]: <info>  [1708168846.0735] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Feb 17 12:20:46 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1597]: <info>  [1708168846.0735] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Feb 17 12:21:57 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty5.
Feb 17 12:22:17 localhost.localdomain systemd-logind[1453]: Power key pressed short.
Feb 17 12:22:17 localhost.localdomain systemd-logind[1453]: Powering off...
Feb 17 12:22:17 localhost.localdomain systemd-logind[1453]: System is powering down.
Feb 17 12:22:17 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopping Session 3 of User thesmilingturtle...

None of the fixes I have found online have worked. Thank you in advance :slight_smile:

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And that is something guaranteed to break stuff. Never ever login as root on a desktop.

For now, create a new user and try logging in as that user. But, you may have already borked the system.

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The Issue came up before I logged in as root. But I will try to avoid it from now on.

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Thank you for the tip, creating a test uset lets me login as the test user :slight_smile:

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That means that the issue in in your homedir, not in the system.

In your “normal” user’s homedir look in the logfiles in

~/.local/share/sddm
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Sorry for not closing this issue earlier, I actually managed to fix the issue by adding export -n PROFILEREAD to my ~/.profile, the issue seems to have been with fish. Thank you for the help :slight_smile:

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