Hello, In the Message; Subject : Unable to start KDE Plasma X11 desktop Message-ID : <10c75486-d1df-4020-b4a1-54081c7dca6d@marcchamberlin.com> Date & Time: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:39:04 -0700 [MC] == Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written: MC> I have a misbehaving laptop that no longer can bring up the KDE MC> Plasma X11 desktop. On booting up, it reaches the KDE login MC> prompt but after entering my credentials, it flashes a set of MC> commands (too fast to read) and then goes back to the KDE login MC> prompt. The credentials are correct and this happens no matter MC> whether it is another user or root logging in. [...] MC> Apr 19 03:26:25│modprobe[448]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Key MC> was rejected by service │ MC> │Apr 19 03:26:27│modprobe[475]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': MC> Key was rejected by service │ MC> │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as MC> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input21 │ MC> │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as MC> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input22 │ MC> │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as MC> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input23 │ MC> │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as MC> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input24 │ MC> │Apr 19 10:26:32│modprobe[637]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': MC> Key was rejected by service │ MC> │Apr 19 10:26:33│modprobe[955]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': MC> Key was rejected by service │ MC> │ MC> Duck duck go is not being helpful in trying to grok what it MC> means to have a key rejected by a service. Any ideas? It is because of secure boot. If you don't use secure boot, the problem should be solved. Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Distinguish between what is meaningful to me and what is meaningless, and forget what is meaningless to me. This is where individuality comes into play. This is a function that computer cannot perform." -- Shigehiko Toyama (in Japanes) --