after booting sddm comes up only showing black background and white dialog telling about crash. if I jump to console (ctrl-alt-f2) and do service restart sddm, it loads up nicely and I can login normally. .b Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot 2. wait 3. observe Actual Results: crash Expected Results: show the GUI and let me login Application: sddm-greeter (sddm-greeter), signal: Segmentation fault Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f99e3edb780 (LWP 1469))] Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f99d69d2700 (LWP 1470)): #0 0x00007f99e1f7a8dd in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 #1 0x00007f99e3c41b72 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 #2 0x00007f99e3c4364f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 #3 0x00007f99d9a17099 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #4 0x00007f99e2811b0e in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #5 0x00007f99e15566aa in start_thread (arg=0x7f99d69d2700) at pthread_create.c:333 #6 0x00007f99e1f85eed in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:109 Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f99d58dd700 (LWP 1511)): #0 0x00007f99e1f7a8dd in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 #1 0x00007f99dfcf4ebc in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f99dfcf4fcc in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f99e2aa8c6c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #4 0x00007f99e2a4d3e2 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #5 0x00007f99e280cb44 in QThread::exec() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #6 0x00007f99e34d7f65 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5 #7 0x00007f99e2811b0e in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #8 0x00007f99e15566aa in start_thread (arg=0x7f99d58dd700) at pthread_create.c:333 #9 0x00007f99e1f85eed in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:109 Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f99e3edb780 (LWP 1469)): [KCrash Handler] #6 0x00007f99e2dc3690 in QScreen::handle() const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 #7 0x00007f99d9a2b545 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #8 0x00007f99d9a185c1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #9 0x00007f99e2da1786 in QWindowPrivate::create(bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 #10 0x00007f99e2da4678 in QWindow::setVisible(bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 #11 0x0000000000421bf4 in SDDM::GreeterApp::show() () #12 0x00007f99e2a809c9 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #13 0x0000000000428a80 in SDDM::ScreenModel::initScreens(bool) () #14 0x0000000000428c67 in SDDM::ScreenModel::onScreenAdded(QScreen*) () #15 0x00007f99e2a809c9 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #16 0x00007f99e2d92c52 in QGuiApplication::screenAdded(QScreen*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 #17 0x00007f99d9a1544f in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #18 0x00007f99d9a1627d in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #19 0x00007f99d9a174bb in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #20 0x00007f99e2a8173a in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #21 0x00007f99e2a4faf5 in QCoreApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #22 0x00007f99e2a4fc2b in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #23 0x00007f99e2a51c9b in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #24 0x00007f99e2aa8843 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #25 0x00007f99dfcf4c3d in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #26 0x00007f99dfcf4f20 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #27 0x00007f99dfcf4fcc in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #28 0x00007f99e2aa8c57 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #29 0x00007f99e2a4d3e2 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #30 0x00007f99e2a5502c in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #31 0x00000000004111b7 in main ()
What graphic card do you have?
nvidia card. NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 840M] (rev a2) .b
Not sure if I'm getting the same crash: lepore@lepore-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep sddm [ 6.489948] sddm[913]: segfault at 4 ip b6d2e7b2 sp bf9faef0 error 4 in libQt5Core.so.5.4.2[b6bac000+4b2000] [ 7.739175] sddm[980]: segfault at 4 ip b6d337b2 sp bfd78020 error 4 in libQt5Core.so.5.4.2[b6bb1000+4b2000] [ 9.194876] sddm[1014]: segfault at 4 ip b6d4a7b2 sp bfcc5e10 error 4 in libQt5Core.so.5.4.2[b6bc8000+4b2000] [ 10.570414] sddm[1109]: segfault at 4 ip b6d3e7b2 sp bfbd6e50 error 4 in libQt5Core.so.5.4.2[b6bbc000+4b2000] [ 11.653598] sddm[1143]: segfault at 4 ip b6c7f7b2 sp bfa9a220 error 4 in libQt5Core.so.5.4.2[b6afd000+4b2000] I get dumped to a console and have to run startx to get a GUI. Graphics card is a NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9400 GT]. I tried switching from the Nouveau drivers to the proprietary ones, but still got the crash.
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 341497 ***