Re: Can't log in to graphical workstation

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 22:26 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> Now I understand, it is the local graphic login that is not working?
> Did you install the server install on tis machine or the
>
> workstation one?
> Think the server installation doesn't install the gui by default. 
> Did that once to see what it did, and without the gui it was not
> usefull.
> 2. In you login to a terminal window. run systemctl status gdm and see
> what it reports.

Since I run kde, the display manager is actually sddm, and systemctl
gives very interesting info. Some research shows that a package is
missing, namely plasma-workspace-x11. Installing it cures things. The
problem actually arose in Fedora 38 (I have no idea how.); I upgraded to
Fedora 39 to see if this would cure the problem, but since plasma-
workspace-x11 was missing from 38, it stayed missing in 39.

$ systemctl status sddm.service  
● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled;
preset: enabled)
   Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
            └─10-timeout-abort.conf
    Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-11-15 03:09:44 PST; 8h ago
      Docs: man:sddm(1)
            man:sddm.conf(5)
  Main PID: 1125 (sddm)
     Tasks: 2 (limit: 9302)
    Memory: 20.1M
       CPU: 71ms
    CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service
            └─1125 /usr/bin/sddm

Nov 15 03:09:44 OaklandWeather.localdomain systemd[1]: Started
sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Unable to find
autologin session entry "plasma"

Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Autologin failed!

Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: The configured
theme "01-breeze-fedora" doesn't exist, using the embedded theme instead

Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm-helper[1164]:
pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=988) by
(uid=0)
Nov 15 10:46:36 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Invalid session
""

Can't log in to graphical workstation

[Michael D. Setzer II]

Interesting
plasma-workspace-x11
https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/plasma-workspace/plasma-
workspace-x11/index.html

Nov 15 10:46:36 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Invalid 
session ""
Seems to be issue??
Wonder if changing to lightdm would work? Have used lightdm in 
past with some machines, and it seems to be a simplier desktop 
manager, but still works with gnome and xfce?

dnf whatprovides */plasma-workspace*
shows a lot of packages.

On 15 Nov 2023 at 12:03, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:

Subject:	Re: Can't log in to graphical workstation
From:	Jonathan Ryshpan 
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Date sent:	Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:03:51 -0800
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> On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 22:26 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> Now I understand, it is the local graphic login that is not working?
> Did you install the server install on tis machine or the workstation
>
> one?
> Think the server installation doesn't install the gui by default. 
> Did that once to see what it did, and without the gui it was not usefull. 
> 2. In you login to a terminal window. run systemctl status gdm and see 
> what it reports.
>
> Since I run kde, the display manager is actually sddm, and systemctl gives 
> very interesting info. Some research shows that a package is missing, namely 
> plasma-workspace-x11. Installing it cures things. The problem actually arose 
> in Fedora 38 (I have no idea how.); I upgraded to Fedora 39 to see if this 
> would cure the problem, but since plasma-workspace-x11 was missing from 
> 38, it stayed missing in 39.
>
> $ systemctl status sddm.service 
> ● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager 
> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; preset: enabled) 
> Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d 
> └─10-timeout-abort.conf 
> Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-11-15 03:09:44 PST; 8h ago 
> Docs: man:sddm(1) 
> man:sddm.conf(5) 
> Main PID: 1125 (sddm) 
> Tasks: 2 (limit: 9302) 
> Memory: 20.1M 
> CPU: 71ms 
> CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service 
> └─1125 /usr/bin/sddm
>
> Nov 15 03:09:44 OaklandWeather.localdomain systemd[1]: Started sddm.service - Simple 
> Desktop Display Manager. 
> Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Unable to find autologin session 
> entry "plasma" 
> Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Autologin failed! 
> Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: The configured theme 
> "01-breeze-fedora" doesn't exist, using the embedded theme instead 
> Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm-helper[1164]: 
> pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=988) by (uid=0) 
> Nov 15 10:46:36 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Invalid session ""
> -- 
> Many Thanks - Jonathan Ryshpan <[e-mail]>
>
>  Trust everyone -- But cut the cards.

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Can't log in to graphical workstation

[Joe Zeff]

On 11/15/2023 02:15 PM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote:
> Wonder if changing to lightdm would work? Have used lightdm in
> past with some machines, and it seems to be a simplier desktop
> manager, but still works with gnome and xfce?

I don't know about Gnome, but it's the default with Xfce.