The sddm.service start request repeated too quickly is a tricky one, at least for me.
Do this from that TTY systemctl stop sddm systemctl disable sddm systemctl enable sddm
then systemctl reboot
Do not unistall packages, just reinstall them the way i mentioned above about sddm and plasma-desktop. sudo pacman -Syu xorg-xerver xorg-xerver-comon xorg-xerver-wayland
This is just an example.
Is the display failing to start too if you create a test user and try to log in?
Appreciate the help, but I just ended up reinstalling as the time my computer was down, is longer than the time it would take to set it back up (maybe lol)
Did anyone find a fix? This is the second time it’s happened to me and I’m not installing Manjaro again. The only thing it says for me is “[Failed] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager” and I can’t type anything…
I have just encountered this issue as well after the 2020-08-22 update. @bogdancovaciu I booted off a Live USB and use chroot too run the reinstall you suggested but it did not rectify the issue.
I also had the same problem.
It was a driver(graphics) problem.
I did the following to solve it …
Ctrl + Alt + F2
Input username and password.
Then hit Enter.
Now type mhwd -l -d
Here you will see a list of installed and available drivers.
In the list of available drivers you might find some with PRIORITY: 0 .
Sometimes they are the ones causing problem.
As for me it is was video-vesa .
So, all I had to do was remove it.
To remove it you may use the following command.
sudo mhwd -r pci [name of driver]
Note: pci because it showed ATTACHED: PCI in mhwd. If it shows ATTACHED: USB you need to type usb instead of pci
For me I typed sudo mhwd -r pci video-vesa and removed the driver.
Then I rebooted my pc. sudo reboot.
Finally, I’ve solved the problem and also know what caused the problem.