Mon, 2 Sep 2024 23:15:49 -0400 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> :
bent fender composed on 2024-09-02 23:03 (UTC-0400):
I had two unfounded suspicions about two possibilities one of which hit pay dirt minutes ago. Somewhere in all this struggle & strife I issued
# systemctl set-default multi-user.target
to be able to log in as root at least and then call SDDM. THAT's when logging in as UserMe died. I'm saying this because (on a hunch as I said) as soon as I reverted with
# systemctl set-default graphical.target
I could log-in again. Systemd suck like Electrolux if you ask me; of course it ain't my boat, my bridge or my watch :-)
So, your problem description was lacking.
No it wasn't
You couldn't login because nobody could login because there was no login manager auto-starting.
Next time you want startup to end at multi-user.target, instead of reconfiguring the system, just append a 3 to Grub's linu line after striking E at the Grub menu. This way it only happens once, so there's nothing special that needs remembering.
Yes, but I called SDDM and it let me log-in as another user but not as the user with his rags on a data drive. I had run into this kind of issue with Ubuntu-Studio and snap and am just wondering if systemd uses snap (I saw some 'snapper' thingie flash by on one boot, no clue what it is).