Comment # 7 on bug 1008677 from Markus Elfring

(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #4)
> SDDM crashes with a segfault if Xorg cannot be started.

I was not really aware about this software behaviour before.
Do any more bug reports exist for such a detail?


> the main one is that Xorg doesn't start in the first place

I am curious about further corresponding failure reasons.


> We do not support "special software combinations"...

I got an other impression on how automatic quality assurance could eventually
improve the situation also around the evolution of components from openSUSE
Tumbleweed.


(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #5)
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/KDE:Frameworks5/sddm/0005-Cleanup-dangling-pointer-in-SocketServer-725.patch?expand=1

Thanks for the link.


> But I want to repeat: it won't help really, the SDDM segfault (and the fix)

I find a bit more software development attention useful also around an issue
like ���Cleanup dangling pointer in SocketServer���.
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/725


> is just "cosmetical".

I imagine that the added destructor can prevent further hiccups, can't it?


> If Xorg fails to start, you won't get a graphical interface
> or a login greeter.

I hope that the next error messages might become easier to handle.