Login loop with KDE and SDDM, tty and startx works

[tokr]

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing a login loop with my Manjaro VM (on virtualbox). Whenever I type my password in SDDM, I get a brief black screen and then login message again.

At first, I got the same error as descirbed here:

Configuration file "/var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc" not writable

Hello, I just installed Manjaro-KDE on Dualboot with Windows 11. Every time I restart I get the error message in the title, but when I click “ok” I boot normally(?). Is there anything to prevent this error from happening? I also did not touch nearly anything except adding some fonts and installing the base-devel packages. You can see the error window in the picture. Thanks for your time - Leonardo [IMG_3284]

I have followed the solution there. It did not fix my problem, but I noticed that I dont have the sddm-greetrc file at all. I created new one (which was suggested somewhere else in this forum).

Now I am stuck in a login loop with sddm. I guess this might be because the sddm-greeterrc file is empty? What should it contain?

Notes:

• working around sddm by escaping to tty and startx manually works, but it is cumbersome
• the system is Manjaro on a VM made with virtualbox. The system was working OK for a few months
• there are no pending updates
• before this issue, I have set used the installation option to log me in automatically. I had already a simillar experience with SDDM and I dont need to manage my desktop session. So a solution that would log me automatically in any way would be great for me too.

Thank you in advance for any help with this!