[Stable 28-08-2020] Issues with logging in - KDE - sddm

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Hello everyone,

I updated today and now can’t log in. Per another suggestion, I followed the instructions in stable-update-2020-08-28 post . However, when I try to boot with the kernel option “systemd.unit=rescue.target” I get the following message:

“You are in rescue mode. After logging in…”
“Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked. See sulogin(8) man page for more details.”

After I press enter to continue, the system brings me back to the log in screen, where I cannot log in with my usual password. I am completely lost on this one. Does anyone know what is going on or where to go from here to fix this?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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can you boot on USB iso manjaro
open a terminal and a browser on this topic
and returns

sudo manjaro-chroot -a ( type 1 if only one line - 0 appears )
grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*
journalctl -b -1 -p4
exit ( quit chroot )
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Stephane,

Please see the output from this code here: https ://bpa. st/CYGA .

I had to put a couple spaces in the pastebin location because I am not allowed to post urls.

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there is 2 type errors
this one

Aug 28 10:26:26 my-pc sddm-greeter[790]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                               (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffd2a711690), parent's thread is QThread(0x560c18690e50), current thread is QThread(0x560c18776670)`
Aug 28 10:26:26 my-pc sddm-greeter[790]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                               (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffd2a711690), parent's thread is QThread(0x560c18690e50), current thread is QThread(0x560c18776670)
Aug 28 10:26:26 my-pc sddm-greeter[790]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                               (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffd2a711690), parent's thread is QThread(0x560c18690e50), current thread is QThread(0x560c18776670)

and the last this one

Aug 28 10:26:34 my-pc sddm[610]: Error from greeter session: "Process crashed"
Aug 28 10:26:34 my-pc sddm[610]: Auth: sddm-helper crashed (exit code 15)
Aug 28 10:26:34 my-pc sddm[610]: Error from greeter session: "Process crashed"
Aug 28 10:26:34 my-pc sddm[610]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 15
Aug 28 10:26:34 my-pc sddm[610]: Signal received: SIGTERM

can you return this

grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*

@philm can you have a look at this ?

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The output from this command gives me:

“[manjaro /]# grep -E “pam_tally|pam_cracklib” /etc/pam.d/*
/etc/pam.d/passwd:#password required pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3”

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ok it come from sddm then

sudo systemctl status sddm-greeter.service
sudo systemctl status sddm.service
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I am not able to provide the output of this code while chrooted and in the liveusb it is not recognized. Is this a matter of just reinstalling sddm from the liveusb then?

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we dont have all in journal log
just try to boot TTY , and check what is wrong

may be write to a file fisrt step

sudo systemctl status sddm-greeter.service > error-greeter-service.txt
sudo systemctl status sddm.service > error-sddm-service.txt

then get with USB iso choot on disk

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I don’t think sddm is the reason.

@Jkh4q I have totally the same issue and no luck to solve it yet.

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same error no login at all ?

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yes, getting login incorrect, grep tally|cracklib returning no result

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even by chroot from USB iso manjaro ?
can you recheck ?

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I see this a little earlier:

PAM adding faulty module: /usr/lib/security/pam_tally2.so
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can you boot on USB iso manjaro
open a terminal and a browser on this topic
and returns

sudo manjaro-chroot -a ( type 1 if only one line - 0 appears )
grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*
journalctl -b -1 -p4
exit ( quit chroot )
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$ grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*
/etc/pam.d/passwd:#password     required        pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3
/etc/pam.d/system-login:auth       required   pam_tally2.so        deny=3 unlock_time=600 onerr=succeed file=/var/log/tallylog
/etc/pam.d/system-login:account    required   pam_tally2.so

Aug 28 18:07:35 Computer sddm[959]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1
Aug 28 18:07:35 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] Ended.
Aug 28 18:07:35 Computer sddm-greeter[995]: Message received from daemon: LoginFailed
Aug 28 18:07:35 Computer sddm[959]: Authentication error: "Module is unknown"
Aug 28 18:07:35 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] returning.
Aug 28 18:07:35 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] authenticate: Module is unknown
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer kernel: audit: type=1100 audit(1598630853.322:69): pid=1379 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=PAM:authentication grantors=? acct="franz" exe="/usr/lib/sddm/sddm-helper" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer audit[1379]: USER_AUTH pid=1379 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=PAM:authentication grantors=? acct="franz" exe="/usr/lib/sddm/sddm-helper" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] Authenticating...
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: [PAM] Starting...
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: PAM adding faulty module: /usr/lib/security/pam_tally2.so
Aug 28 18:07:33 Computer sddm-helper[1379]: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_tally2.so): /usr/lib/security/pam_tally2.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Here is my:

[manjaro /]# grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*
/etc/pam.d/passwd:#password     required        pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3
/etc/pam.d/system-login.back:auth       required   pam_tally2.so        onerr=succeed file=/var/log/tallylog
/etc/pam.d/system-login.back:auth required pam_tally2.so deny=3 unlock_time=60 onerr=succeed file=/var/log/tallylog
/etc/pam.d/system-login.back:account    required   pam_tally2.so

And logs

-- Logs begin at Thu 2020-07-30 20:28:29 EEST, end at Fri 2020-08-28 19:24:44 EEST. --
Aug 28 17:32:01 home-laptop kernel: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.
Aug 28 17:32:01 home-laptop kernel:  #5 #6 #7
Aug 28 17:32:01 home-laptop kernel: ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'
Aug 28 17:32:01 home-laptop kernel: i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
Aug 28 17:32:01 home-laptop kernel: usb: port power management may be unreliable
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQ data block query control method not found
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQ data block query control method not found
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQ data block query control method not found
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQ data block query control method not found
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: Failed to reset PPM! Trying again..
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: i2c_hid i2c-ELAN2301:00: i2c-ELAN2301:00 supply vdd not found, using dummy regulator
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: i2c_hid i2c-ELAN2301:00: i2c-ELAN2301:00 supply vddl not found, using dummy regulator
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: Failed to reset PPM! Trying again..
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop systemd-udevd[286]: cfg80211: Process '/usr/bin/set-wireless-regdom' failed with exit code 1.
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PXSX) defines _DOD but not _DOS
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: urandom_read: 6 callbacks suppressed
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop kernel: thermal thermal_zone3: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
Aug 28 17:32:02 home-laptop systemd-udevd[280]: could not read from '/sys/module/pcc_cpufreq/initstate': No such device
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop systemd-udevd[272]: controlC0: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 0' failed with exit code 99.
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop kernel: bbswitch: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.RP01.PXSX._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20190816/nsarguments-59)
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop kernel: uvcvideo 1-5:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 4 was not initialized!
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop kernel: uvcvideo 1-5:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 3 was not initialized!
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop kernel: uvcvideo 1-5:1.0: Entity type for entity Processing 2 was not initialized!
Aug 28 17:32:03 home-laptop kernel: uvcvideo 1-5:1.0: Entity type for entity Camera 1 was not initialized!
Aug 28 17:32:04 home-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: FW already configured (0) - re-configuring
Aug 28 17:32:04 home-laptop kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
Aug 28 17:32:04 home-laptop kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug 28 17:32:04 home-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: FW already configured (0) - re-configuring
Aug 28 17:32:04 home-laptop NetworkManager[723]: <warn>  [1598625124.7435] sup-iface[79a783852699da90,0,wlp2s0]: call-p2p-cancel: failed with P2P cancel failed
Aug 28 17:32:04 home-laptop kernel: kauditd_printk_skb: 22 callbacks suppressed
Aug 28 17:32:05 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                           (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffcdb7c8e20), parent's thread is QThread(0x55f88f6f8d90), current thread is QThread(0x55f88f82d9f0)
Aug 28 17:32:05 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                           (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffcdb7c8e20), parent's thread is QThread(0x55f88f6f8d90), current thread is QThread(0x55f88f82d9f0)
Aug 28 17:32:05 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                           (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffcdb7c8e20), parent's thread is QThread(0x55f88f6f8d90), current thread is QThread(0x55f88f82d9f0)
Aug 28 17:32:05 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
                                           (Parent is QGuiApplication(0x7ffcdb7c8e20), parent's thread is QThread(0x55f88f6f8d90), current thread is QThread(0x55f88f82d9f0)
Aug 28 17:32:05 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: QObject::installEventFilter(): Cannot filter events for objects in a different thread.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/breath/Main.qml:408:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:406:376: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:407:126: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:408:126: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:408:385: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:409:125: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:410:124: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:411:125: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:411:371: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: <input>:411:619: Could not add child element to parent element because the types are incorrect.
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/ToolButtonStyle.qml:209:13: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/ToolButtonStyle.qml:209:13: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/ToolButtonStyle.qml:209:13: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/breath/components/VirtualKeyboard.qml:22:1: Type InputPanel unavailable
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: qrc:/QtQuick/VirtualKeyboard/content/InputPanel.qml:127:5: Type Keyboard unavailable
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: qrc:/QtQuick/VirtualKeyboard/content/components/Keyboard.qml:38:1: module "QtQuick.VirtualKeyboard.Plugins" is not installed
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/breath/Login.qml:84:9: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Aug 28 17:32:07 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/components/Button.qml:52: ReferenceError: PlasmaCore is not defined
Aug 28 17:32:08 home-laptop sddm-greeter[785]: QDBusConnection: name 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.18'
Aug 28 17:32:10 home-laptop kernel: kauditd_printk_skb: 5 callbacks suppressed
Aug 28 17:32:13 home-laptop sddm-helper[1047]: [PAM] authenticate: Permission denied
Aug 28 17:32:13 home-laptop sddm[735]: Authentication error: "Permission denied"
Aug 28 17:32:13 home-laptop sddm[735]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1
Aug 28 17:32:16 home-laptop sddm[735]: Error from greeter session: "Process crashed"
Aug 28 17:32:16 home-laptop sddm[735]: Auth: sddm-helper crashed (exit code 15)
Aug 28 17:32:16 home-laptop sddm[735]: Error from greeter session: "Process crashed"
Aug 28 17:32:16 home-laptop sddm[735]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 15
Aug 28 17:32:16 home-laptop sddm[735]: Signal received: SIGTERM
Aug 28 17:32:16 home-laptop kernel: kauditd_printk_skb: 35 callbacks suppressed
Aug 28 17:32:17 home-laptop bumblebeed[626]: Received Terminated signal.
Aug 28 17:32:17 home-laptop kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!
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According to pacman.log, during update was only one pacnew file

[2020-08-28T15:24:29+0300] [ALPM] warning: /etc/pam.d/system-login installed as /etc/pam.d/system-login.pacnew
[2020-08-28T15:24:29+0300] [ALPM] upgraded pambase (20190105.1-2 -> 20200721.1-2)
[2020-08-28T15:24:29+0300] [ALPM] upgraded pam (1.3.1-2 -> 1.4.0-3)

Could someone share with me good (correct) system-login file please.

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This is the thing …

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You already have one: /etc/pam.d/system-login.pacnew

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modify

/etc/pam.d/system-login
auth pam_faillock.so ( before pam_tally2.so )

/etc/pam.d/system-logi:
account pam_faillock.so (before pam_tally2.so)

and add
session required pam_env.so user_readenv=1

and reboot

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