SDDM won't switch TTYs after login | Gentoo Linux Community | Page 1

desert meadow May 17, 2026, 8:31 PM

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attached is a video showing what happens. here is the sddm log for the same startup: https://bpa.st/DHFA

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when I put my phone down I manually switch to TTY 8

echo wharf May 20, 2026, 9:15 AM

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@desert meadow systemd or openrc? If systemd could you paste up journalctl -xu?

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If openrc, could you paste up system logs for sddm?

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Also could you paste up your kernel command-line please? Should be available in /proc/cmdline

desert meadow May 20, 2026, 3:21 PM

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oh and I'm using OpenRC

desert meadow May 20, 2026, 8:16 PM

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I should probably also mention that the same behavior was exhibited when I was using the gentoo-kernel-bin

echo wharf May 20, 2026, 8:42 PM

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[11:19:20.182] (WW) DAEMON: Failed to launch the display server, falling back to DisplayServer=x11-user

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wait

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@desert meadow

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[11:19:27.714] (II) HELPER: Starting Wayland user session: "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session" "dbus-launch --exit-with-session sway"```

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that does NOT look right

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you probably want dbus-run-session

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