Marc Chamberlin composed on 2017-07-19 13:41 (UTC-0700):
Felix Miata wrote:
Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager directly. They are supposedly self-documenting, although the displaymanager I'm looking at ATM on TW, with kdm-4.11.22, for DISPLAYMANAGER= lists neither lightdm nor sddm as options; mine has "kdm" set. For Plasma 5 to be default set "kde-plasma" as DEFAULT_WM= in windowmanager.
Hi Felix, OK, I followed your instructions and set my DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm, and DEFAULT_WM to kde-plasma. Upon reboot, I now do get a login screen but when I enter my name and password I again get the popup dialog saying " Could not start kdeinit5. Check your installation. ". I cannot get any further than this, if I click on OK it just represents me with the login screen and this cycle repeats. CTRL-ALT-F3 gets me to the command line screen....
From the above and the other info you posted I'm now of the belief that Patrick could have been on the right track with his answer yesterday. I'm now thinking yours is either a login authorization problem and/or a Plasma/KDE problem, and that the help you need might be better asked among those focused on Plasma/KDE, in the opensuse-kde mailing list. Point to the archive of this list thread if you proceed there so anyone who tries to help won't have to ask for the same info.
Have you tried using the greeter to select an IceWM session instead of Plasma? That will probably define whether you have a KDE problem or an Xorg problem - unless maybe yours is an authorization problem. 'WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/bin/icewm startx -- :1' which AFAICT you didn't try as root login, would have served the same purpose. Maybe 'zypper ve' (verify) is called for here. Maybe something among your updates didn't complete correctly. Other than trying to use lightdm, sddm, kdebase3-kdm, gdm or some other greeter, I don't know what else to suggest given the content shown in your /var/lib/systemd/coredump/ and the could not start kdeinit5 errors. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org