On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 14:25:31 +0000 Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> On Saturday 28 November 2015 12:51:59 john wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have installed kde-frameworks-5.16 & kde-plasma-5.5 and when I > > start sddm I get the following error: > > > > /usr/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad "remove" command line > > /usr/bin/xauth: (stdin):2: bad "add" command line > > > > sddm does not start > > Using openrc > > Version x11-misc/sddm-0.13.0-r1 > > > > Any ideas? Does sddm only work with systemd?????? > > > > slim is fine. > > Not wanting to mess up my existing kde system I've built a new one > from scratch in spare disk partitions, choosing the plasma profile > and the kde overlay, and using openrc. My frameworks are at version > 5.14.0 and kde- plasma is at 5.4.3. > > I did have a bit of trouble getting sddm to run at first, but after > prowling around the Web for a while I got it to work without problem. > Sorry I can't remember now what I did. It's at version 0.12.0-r1 here. > After trying to start /etc/init.d/xdm and inspect sddm.log file the /var/lib/sddm directory was missing. Created directory and sddm now starts. simples john