Re: actions disabled on sddm!(solved)!

[Charlie Brown]

"If you like only" you can also do one of these:

Make systemd the default with "MX Boot Options" (at least till it's solved)

or install lightdm (it worked fine for another KDE user in another thread, so: "proven to work").

[dolphin_oracle]

sddm must be installed.

sddm-modified-init replaces the /etc/init.d/sddm init script provided by sddm. for reference, the contents are below:.

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#!/bin/sh
# kFreeBSD do not accept scripts as interpreters, using #!/bin/sh and sourcing.
if [ true != "$INIT_D_SCRIPT_SOURCED" ] ; then
    set "$0" "$@"; INIT_D_SCRIPT_SOURCED=true . /lib/init/init-d-script
fi
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          sddm
# Should-Start:      dbus
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start SDDM
# Description:       Script to start SDDM
### END INIT INFO

# Author: Rohan Garg <rohangarg@kubuntu.org>
#

# To start sddm even if it is not the default display manager, change
# HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER to "false."
# Also overridable from command line like:
# HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=false /etc/init.d/lightdm start
[ -z "$HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER" ] && HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=true

DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager

DESC="Init script for Simple Desktop Display Manager"
DAEMON=/usr/bin/sddm
START_ARGS='--background --make-pidfile'

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# don't run in systemd
[ /proc/1/exe -ef /usr/lib/systemd/systemd ] &&  exit 0

#start systemd-logind if exists
if ! pgrep -x systemd-logind >/dev/null; then  
    if [ -x /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ]; then
        mkdir -p /run/systemd/seats  2>/dev/null || :
        export SYSTEMD_BYPASS_HIBERNATION_MEMORY_CHECK=1
        /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind 2>/dev/null & 
    fi
fi
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start_override()
{
	if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then
		log_warning_msg "Not starting Simple Desktop Display Manager ($NAME); found 'text' in kernel commandline."
	elif [ "$HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER" = "true" ] \
	    && [ -e $DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE ] \
	    && [ "$(basename $(cat $DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE))" != \
	         "$(basename $DAEMON)" ]; then
		log_action_msg "Not starting Simple Desktop Display Manager ($NAME); it is not the default display manager."
	else
		[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
		# Wait for plymouth if running
		#[ -x /bin/plymouth ] && /bin/plymouth quit
		call do_start_cmd
		case "$?" in
		  0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
		  2)   [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
		esac
	fi
}

case "$1" in
  start);;
  stop)tsplash="/live/bin/tsplash"
     if [ -x "$tsplash" -a -d /live/config/tsplash ]; then
         case $(runlevel) in
                 *0) openvt -s -c10 $tsplash shutdown 
				      exit 0
				      ;;
                 *6) openvt -s -c10 $tsplash reboot  
                      exit 0 
                      ;;
         esac
     fi
     if [ -d /live/linux ]; then
        CHVT=1
     elif grep -sq -w nosplash /proc/cmdline; then
        CHVT=1
     elif grep -sq -w splash /proc/cmdline; then
        CHVT=8
     else
        CHVT=7
     fi
     case $(runlevel) in
                 *0)  chvt $CHVT
                      openvt -f -s -c $CHVT -- echo "Shutting down system..."
                      exit 0
                      ;;
                 *6)  chvt $CHVT
                      openvt -f -s -c $CHVT -- echo "Restarting system..."
                      exit 0 
                      ;;
     esac
	;;
  restart) ;;
esac

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[rhinomick]

Make systemd the default with "MX Boot Options" (at least till it's solved)

That is what i have done for now...
Another thing i see is that /etc/sddm.conf is empty

All the options are available for me with an installed MX-23.3 KDE booted to sys-v.

Maybe is that i had XFCE installed and on top of that installed KDE...
Removed XFCE but lightdm is still installed!!!

or install lightdm (it worked fine for another KDE user in another thread, so: "proven to work").

How can i switch from sddm to lightdm?

[Charlie Brown]

... How can i switch from sddm to lightdm?

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

[rhinomick]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

Thank you all for your help people!!! Lightdm saved the day...
now on sysvinit again!!!

[Charlie Brown]

Glad to hear that and thank you for the feedback :)