(In reply to Luigi Baldoni from comment #4) > As a matter of fact I did that last time the problem occurred. > > The only warning I couldn't understand is: > kioslave5[15897]: kf.kio.slaves.http: MD5 checksum MISMATCH! Expected: > "<something>==" , Got: "<something>" > > I can't even see failed login attempts, the last entry mentioning pam_unix > shows the subsequent console login. > > From what I can tell, sddm uses sd-pam for authentication, perhaps I need to > enable systemd debug logging? pam_systemd shouldn't be involved in PAM authentication, only with PAM sessions which kscreenlocker doesn't perform.