Void Linux SDDM not Working

[odd hull]

basically i did the sudo ln -s /etc/sv/sddm /var/service/
and sddm won't show at startup even tho it works when i execute sudo sddm

saying this here because void linux discord doesn't exist

and this is the closest server i know to void

hi

hello

[teal pecan]

bro

does that system use sysrc

[odd hull]

uses runit

[teal pecan]

service start sddm

?

[odd hull]

have you used void linux?

if not, please just

uhm

how do i say this without sounding rude

[heady fern]

show ls -l /var/service please

[heady fern]

I have, but years ago so excuse my rustiness

[odd hull]

[user@RevoI ~]$ sudo ls -l /var/service
Password:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 9 00:22 /var/service -> ../run/runit/runsvdir/current
[user@RevoI ~]$

take

[heady fern]

Looks like your sddm symlink hasn't worked, expect to see the link in /var/service (I believe)

[odd hull]

[user@RevoI ~]$ ls -l /var/service/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 11 00:06 agetty-tty1 -> /etc/sv/agetty-tty1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 11 00:06 agetty-tty2 -> /etc/sv/agetty-tty2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 11 00:06 agetty-tty3 -> /etc/sv/agetty-tty3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 11 00:06 agetty-tty4 -> /etc/sv/agetty-tty4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 11 00:06 agetty-tty5 -> /etc/sv/agetty-tty5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 11 00:06 agetty-tty6 -> /etc/sv/agetty-tty6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 11 00:09 dhcpcd -> /etc/sv/dhcpcd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 11 10:44 pulseaudio -> /etc/sv/pulseaudio
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 11 11:21 sddm -> /etc/sv/sddm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 11 00:06 udevd -> /etc/sv/udevd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 11 00:09 wpa_supplicant -> /etc/sv/wpa_supplicant
[user@RevoI ~]$ ls -l /var/service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 9 00:22 /var/service -> ../run/runit/runsvdir/current
[user@RevoI ~]$

i did /var/service/ and it showed all them symlinks

[heady fern]

I'm confused why your root ls -l is different from your user ls -l

[odd hull]

you mean sudo?

it's probably due to me using ls -l /var/service rather the /var/service/

[heady fern]

Oh right because the dir is a symlink itself

Looking for the sddm symlink in /etc/service/. If it's there now, does it work?

Your other services there are firing ok?

[odd hull]

it's there but does not show on startup

[heady fern]

I suppose it will be logging its failure, somewhere

[odd hull]

i just got it running from sheer willpower and basic command knowledge

thanks for trying to help tho

[heady fern]

What was the issue? Out of curiosity

[odd hull]

i don't even know