Garuda randomly logs me out of my system

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I will just start with this…

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
 ╰─λ sudo garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.16.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=9a84ff09-2e69-42ea-b974-85d5f9a637fc rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet rd.luks.uuid=3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
    rd.luks.uuid=72f3aff6-7ac6-43ad-bd47-ee4e2308a0a7
    resume=/dev/mapper/luks-72f3aff6-7ac6-43ad-bd47-ee4e2308a0a7 loglevel=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: plank,xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver avail: xautolock
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Mini-pc Mobo: AZW model: EQ serial: N/A
    uuid: 68ce8b00-6aeb-11ef-8ec5-a4a2b6b92601 UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: FP7T107 date: 07/22/2024
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with Radeon Graphics socket: FP7 bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2022
    process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0xA404108
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2333 min/max: 416/4937 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3300/4925 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave
    volts: 1.2 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2333 2: 2333 3: 2333 4: 2333
    5: 2333 6: 2333 7: 2333 8: 2333 9: 2333 10: 2333 11: 2333 12: 2333
    13: 2333 14: 2333 15: 2333 16: 2333 bogomips: 105402
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt [Radeon 680M]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6,
    DP-7, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300
    temp: 54.0 C
  Device-2: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 7-1.1.4:11
    chip-ID: 041e:40a1 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1017x286mm (40.04x11.26")
    s-diag: 1056mm (41.59")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: right model: Samsung LS32B30
    serial: <filter> built: 2025 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 70 gamma: 1.2 size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47") diag: 184mm (7.2")
    ratio: 16:9, 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: HP LA2206
    serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.1-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon 680M (radeonsi rembrandt
    LLVM 20.1.8 DRM 3.64 6.16.3-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1681
    memory: 3.91 GiB unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 7 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon 680M (RADV REMBRANDT) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.1-arch1.2
    device-ID: 1002:1681 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM
    20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
    [Rembrandt/Strix] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor
    driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x,
    snd_pci_acp5x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. LCS USB Audio
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1.1.3:9 chip-ID: 0c76:2018 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-5: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 7-1.1.4:11
    chip-ID: 041e:40a1 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-6: C-Media CM106 Like Sound Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1.2:4 chip-ID: 0d8c:0102 class-ID: 0300
  Device-7: C-Media USB Audio Device driver: usbfs type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1.4.1:10 chip-ID: 0d8c:0012
    class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 3.6 TiB (79.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3PSSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR413 temp: 45.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD BLACK SN770 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 731130WD temp: 50.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM015-2E8174
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0202 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.12 TiB (62.1%)
    fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1
    mapped: luks-3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 776 KiB (0.3%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
    maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.12 TiB (62.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.12 TiB (62.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.12 TiB (62.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 21.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
    mapped: luks-72f3aff6-7ac6-43ad-bd47-ee4e2308a0a7
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 19.3 GiB used: 4.02 GiB (20.8%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.9 C mobo: 44.5 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 20 GiB available: 19.31 GiB used: 15.88 GiB (82.3%)
  Processes: 561 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 7.69 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1801 libs: 443 tools: pamac,paru,yay
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash (sudo)
    v: 5.3.3 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.8.2-2):
  System install date:     2025-05-22
  Last full system update: 2025-08-27
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            vmware.service 
--- System Health Check Report ---
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 - Failed systemd services found: vmware.service

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 5s
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I don’t even know where to begin really. I’m sitting trying to type up documents, when out of nowhere, Garuda just descides to automatically forcefully log me out of my system. This has happened to me 3 times in 1 day and I have no idea what is causing it.

This just keeps happening and I don’t even know what to search for to fix this.

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This isn’t even the background screen I remember selecting for my system.

It just keeps on resetting and resetting and resetting at random times. I tried clearing some of my browser windows and seeing if for some reason my HAM hardware keeps tripping it up. No luck…Has anyone else gone through this before?

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Any logs you have read through?

journalctl -u sddm.service

For instance
A good way is checking the pid of the service and maybe

journaltl _PID=<sddm id>

Otherwise check for the latest logs after you re log back in.

Maybe you have a timeout setting of some sorts. Or you could reinstall sddm

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 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
 ╰─λ journalctl -u sddm.service
-- No entries --

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
 ╰─λ

I have so many PID’s on my screen, I have no idea where to even begin beyond sddm :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

I think I could try that, reinstalling sddm seems like a reasonable place to start…

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
 ╰─λ paru sddm
68 aur/win11-sddm-theme 1.0-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    Windows 11 login screen theme for SDDM.
67 aur/win10-sddm-theme 1.2-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    Windows 10 login screen theme for SDDM.
66 aur/sddm-theme-redrock 0.2-1 [+0 ~0.00] [Orphaned]
    Redrock, a MacOS inspired SDDM theme
65 aur/sddm-theme-mountain-git 1.1.0.r0.g9fc83a2-3 [+0 ~0.00]
    Mountain theme for SDDM.
64 aur/sddm-theme-mnmlst 1.1-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    A very clean SDDM theme
63 aur/sddm-theme-catppuccin-git 1.0.0.r0.ga487ae2-1 [+0 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2025-07-22]
    Soothing pastel theme for SDDM
62 aur/sddm-theme-catppuccin 1.0.0-1 [+0 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2024-11-14]
    Soothing pastel theme for SDDM
61 aur/sddm-terminal-inspired-theme-git 1.0.0.r0.g257ac5c-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    Custom theme for SDDM - Gorgeous and Simple Terminal-Like
60 aur/sddm-swish-zh 1.0-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    A login theme for SDDM Display Manager.
59 aur/sddm-swish 0.2-2 [+0 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2023-11-08] [Orphaned]
    A modified login theme for SDDM Display Manager from Eliver Lara.
58 aur/sddm-minesddm-theme-git v2.1.0.r0.gfd0a2f3-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    A Minecraft themed SDDM.
57 aur/sddm-minesddm-theme 2.1.0-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    A Minecraft SDDM theme
56 aur/sddm-eucalyptus-drop 2.0.0-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    Some nice eucalyptus-y eye-candy for SDDM!
55 aur/sddm-chinese-painting-theme-git 0.1.1.e50f5f9-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    Chinese style SDDM theme (git version)
54 aur/lingmo-sddm-theme 2.7.0-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    SDDM theme for LingmoOS
53 aur/hypo-candy 1.7-1 [+0 ~0.00]
    A custom sugar-candy sddm theme by nixxo
52 aur/boo-sddm-git r33.3377e4c-3 [+0 ~0.00]
    A dark SDDM theme based on Corners
51 aur/simple-sddm-theme-git r13.6888ccc-1 [+1 ~0.00]
    A Simple theme variant for the SDDM Login Manager
50 aur/sddm-theme-amadeus-git r21.d3fd323-1 [+1 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2024-08-30]
    Amadeus theme for SDDM
49 aur/sddm-theme-amadeus 1.0-1 [+1 ~0.00]
    Amadeus theme for SDDM
48 aur/sddm-silent-theme-git r20250626.gbbe3505-1 [+1 ~0.57]
    Highly customizable SDDM theme (git version)
47 aur/sddm-raised 1-1 [+1 ~0.00]
    Simple script to constantly raise/focus SDDM window, to prevent other 
    windows being shown over it
46 aur/sddm-idle 0.21.0-6.1 [+1 ~0.04]
    QML based X11 and Wayland display manager
45 aur/sddm-elegant-theme-git r34.732499b-1 [+1 ~0.00]
    Elegant sddm theme
44 aur/sddm-chinese-painting-theme 0.1.2-1 [+1 ~0.00]
    Chinese style SDDM theme
43 aur/sddm-astronaut-theme 62.8f41a83-1 [+1 ~0.57]
    Modern looking sddm qt6 theme.
42 aur/multicolor-sddm-theme 0.1.9-1 [+1 ~0.32]
    An SDDM theme that has nine colorschemes available
41 aur/chicago95-sddm-theme-git r435.ee42290-1 [+1 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2023-11-02]
    SDDM theme and KDE splash screen from Chicago95 theme set
40 aur/catppuccin-sddm-theme-macchiato 1.1.2-1 [+1 ~0.01]
    Soothing pastel theme for SDDM - Macchiato
39 aur/catppuccin-sddm-theme-latte 1.1.2-1 [+1 ~0.01]
    Soothing pastel theme for SDDM - Latte
38 aur/cachyos-themes-sddm 1.0-1 [+1 ~0.00]
    CachyOS-branded SDDM adaptation of archlinux-themes-kdm
37 aur/where-is-my-sddm-theme-git 1:r105.9637154-1 [+2 ~0.00]
    The most minimalistic SDDM theme among all themes.
36 aur/simplicity-sddm-theme-git r80-1 [+2 ~0.00]
    Simple SDDM Theme
35 aur/simple-sddm-theme-2-git _-1 [+2 ~0.00]
    Simple theme variant for the SDDM Login Manager using Qt6
34 aur/sddm-theme-greenleaf 1.0-2 [+2 ~0.00]
    GreenLeaf theme for SDDM
33 aur/sddm-sugar-light 1.0-1 [+2 ~0.00]
    The sweetest theme around for SDDM, the Simple Desktop Display Manager.
32 aur/sddm-silent-theme 1.3.4-1 [+2 ~0.86]
    Highly customizable SDDM theme
31 aur/sddm-conf 0.3.0-1 [+2 ~0.03]
    Configuration editor for SDDM similar to sddm-config-editor, but written in
    C++
30 aur/sddm-catppuccin-git r33.7b7a86e-1 [+2 ~0.00]
    Theme for SDDM with catppuccin backgrounds and styling.
29 aur/catppuccin-sddm-theme-frappe 1.1.2-1 [+2 ~0.01]
    Soothing pastel theme for SDDM - Frappe
28 aur/sddm-theme-gracilis-git latest-3 [+3 ~0.00]
    Gracilis Theme for SDDM by mikkeloscar
27 aur/sddm-slice-git master-1 [+3 ~0.00]
    Simple dark SDDM theme with many customization options.
26 aur/sddm-conf-git 0.2.0.r0.ge9d21d0-1 [+3 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2025-01-12]
    SDDM Configuration Editor
25 aur/chili-sddm-theme 0.1.5-1 [+4 ~0.00] [Orphaned]
    Chili theme for SDDM
24 aur/sddm-theme-tokyo-night-git r6.320c8e7-2 [+5 ~0.00]
    A Tokyo Night theme for the SDDM Login Manager
23 aur/sddm-theme-sugar-candy-git r30.9cbdbc2-1 [+5 ~0.00]
    Sugar Candy is the sweetest login theme available for the SDDM display 
    manager
22 aur/sddm-theme-corners-git r38.2e784e0-1 [+5 ~0.07]
    Extremely customizable SDDM theme with controls placed on your screen 
    corners
21 aur/sddm-theme-abstractdark-git latest-3 [+5 ~0.00]
    Abstract Dark theme for SDDM by 3ximus
20 aur/plasma-login-manager-git r1732.274ceb9-1 [+5 ~0.80]
    Plasma Login provides a display manager for KDE Plasma, forked from SDDM and
    with an new frontend providing a greeter, wallpaper plugin integration and 
    System Settings module (KCM).
19 aur/catppuccin-sddm-theme-mocha 1.1.2-1 [+5 ~0.17]
    Soothing pastel theme for SDDM - Mocha
18 aur/sddm-theme-deepin-git latest-2 [+6 ~0.00]
    Deepin Theme for SDDM by Match-Yang
17 aur/sddm-old-breeze-theme 1.0-3 [+6 ~0.00]
    Plasma 5.7 Breeze SDDM Theme
16 aur/sddm-sugar-dark 1.2-1 [+7 ~0.10]
    The sweetest dark theme around for SDDM, the Simple Desktop Display Manager.
15 aur/sddm-lain-wired-theme 0.9.1-1 [+7 ~0.24]
    A sddm theme inspired by Serial experiments lain
14 aur/sddm-theme-aerial-git 0.1.r59.g06beb74-2 [+10 ~0.00]
    SDDM theme with Apple TV Aerial videos
13 aur/sddm-sugar-candy-git 1.6r42.d31dbf5-1 [+10 ~0.65]
    Sugar Candy is the sweetest login theme available for the SDDM display 
    manager.
12 aur/sddm-stellar-theme 0.1-2 [+12 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2024-01-07] [Orphaned]
    A minimalistic sddm greeter theme that features a milky way background, 
    credential panel, session and layout manager.
11 aur/solarized-sddm-theme 0.3.0-2 [+18 ~0.65]
    A solarized SDDM theme
10 aur/urbanlifestyle-sddm-theme 0.4.4-1 [+24 ~0.00]
    A simple and colorful SDDM theme
 9 aur/sddm-kcm-git 5.26.90.35.gbaa6c20-1 [+33 ~0.00]
    KDE Config Module for SDDM
 8 aur/sddm-archlinux-theme-git 0.1.r13.ge2054bd-1 [+69 ~0.00]
    Archlinux Theme for SDDM
 7 aur/sddm-git 0.21.0.14.gae072f9-4 [+74 ~0.43]
    The Simple Desktop Display Manager
 6 aur/archlinux-themes-sddm 2.0-2 [+147 ~0.68]
    Adaptation to SDDM of Archlinux themes made for KDM
 5 chaotic-aur/sddm-git 0.21.0.50.g662a409-1 [3.71 MiB 5.33 MiB]
    The Simple Desktop Display Manager
 4 chaotic-aur/sddm-astronaut-theme 67.bf4d017-1 [18.13 MiB 21.06 MiB]
    Modern looking sddm qt6 theme.
 3 chaotic-aur/boo-sddm-git r33.3377e4c-3.1 [1.76 MiB 1.80 MiB]
    A dark SDDM theme based on Corners
 2 extra/sddm-kcm 6.4.4-1 [152.89 KiB 580.49 KiB] (plasma)
    KDE Config Module for SDDM
 1 extra/sddm 0.21.0-6 [3.54 MiB 5.27 MiB]
    QML based X11 and Wayland display manager
:: Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3):
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Which one would I select? There is no specific sddm program directly installed on my system so it would seem.

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Probably this one

hich one would I select? There is no specific sddm program directly installed on my system so it would seem

–> I made the assumption dragonised would use sddm, let me check.

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Probably?

If this is an important service and I just replace it with something that was never there before, don’t I risk breaking something?

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Its a display manager, it is easily changable and not as complex as you make it sound. chaotic-aur is basically apps distrubeted by Garuda, thats why I picked it. However do not mess around if this are grounds you have never played with before.

The surprising thing is you saying there is no sddm application to reinstall in your system.

Are you sure, what is the output of systemctl status sddm.service

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I can admit…I never “played” with it before

From my eyes…to your screen, this is what it says:

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 37m7s
 ╰─λ systemctl status sddm.service
Unit sddm.service could not be found.

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
[🔴] ×
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Sorry, I assumed you are using KDE - draggonized, I have confirmed with your inxi you arent’– this is what you should do

systemctl status lightdm.service

To reinstall

pacman -S lightdm

To check logs

journalctl -u lightdm.service

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Ya…I knew something was wrong, no worries…no harm done :sweat_smile:

╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 37m7s
 ╰─λ systemctl status sddm.service
Unit sddm.service could not be found.

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[🔴] × systemctl status lightdm.service
● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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● lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-27 01:41:50 CDT; 2h 42min ago
 Invocation: 0a01f5bf4d294e92ae00a5f2b4ec7d5d
       Docs: man:lightdm(1)
   Main PID: 1469 (lightdm)
      Tasks: 17 (limit: 23460)
     Memory: 76.8M (peak: 287.4M, swap: 28.1M, swap peak: 30.8M)
        CPU: 17min 8.106s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lightdm.service
             ├─1469 /usr/bin/lightdm
             └─1515 /usr/lib/Xorg :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -no>

Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 1m36s
[🧱] × journalctl -u lightdm.service
Aug 24 10:45:29 fenris-eqr6 systemd-coredump[227908]: [🡕] Process 1495 (Xorg) o>
                                                      
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                                                      #8  0x00007feb6f31aa0c n/>
                                                      ELF object binary archite>
Aug 24 10:45:31 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[228023]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session):>
Aug 24 10:45:39 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[228125]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon c>
Aug 24 10:45:39 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[228125]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try l>
Aug 24 10:45:39 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[228125]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session>
Aug 24 10:45:39 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[228125]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring
Aug 24 10:46:37 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopping Light Display Manager...
Aug 24 10:46:37 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Deactivated successful>
Aug 24 10:46:37 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopped Light Display Manager.
Aug 24 10:46:37 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Consumed 6h 15min 18.7>
-- Boot 3a3c8d3d662b4b609ffbea758e723eb8 --
Aug 24 10:47:42 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 24 10:47:42 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 24 10:47:43 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1658]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 24 10:47:43 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1658]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 24 10:47:43 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1658]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 24 10:47:43 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1658]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
Aug 26 03:35:25 fenris-eqr6 systemd-coredump[307281]: [🡕] Process 1609 (Xorg) o>
                                                      
                                                      Stack trace of thread 163>
                                                      #0  0x00007f4f778255df ab>
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                                                      ELF object binary archite>
Aug 26 03:35:27 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[307397]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session):>
Aug 26 03:37:16 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[307511]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon c>
Aug 26 03:37:16 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[307511]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try l>
Aug 26 03:37:16 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[307511]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session>
Aug 26 03:37:16 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[307511]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring
Aug 26 03:37:33 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopping Light Display Manager...
Aug 26 03:37:34 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Deactivated successful>
Aug 26 03:37:34 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopped Light Display Manager.
Aug 26 03:37:34 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Consumed 2h 45min 13.4>
-- Boot 461fff4bed2a42ec85f996f2ea8a184a --
Aug 26 03:38:36 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 26 03:38:37 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 26 03:38:38 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1511]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 26 03:38:38 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1511]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 26 03:38:38 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1511]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 26 03:38:38 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1511]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
Aug 26 22:20:44 fenris-eqr6 systemd-coredump[1833369]: [🡕] Process 1463 (Xorg) >
                                                       
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Aug 26 22:20:45 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1833472]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session)>
Aug 26 22:20:54 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1833576]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon >
Aug 26 22:20:54 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1833576]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try >
Aug 26 22:20:54 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1833576]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): sessio>
Aug 26 22:20:54 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1833576]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring
Aug 26 22:21:07 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopping Light Display Manager...
Aug 26 22:21:07 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Deactivated successful>
Aug 26 22:21:07 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopped Light Display Manager.
Aug 26 22:21:07 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Consumed 1h 22min 19.7>
-- Boot c35b07e1ae7945a395f78717534cfd6e --
Aug 26 22:22:09 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 26 22:22:09 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 26 22:22:10 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1536]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 26 22:22:10 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1536]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 26 22:22:10 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1536]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 26 22:22:10 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1536]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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Aug 27 01:39:22 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[718911]: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session):>
Aug 27 01:40:42 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopping Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:40:42 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Deactivated successful>
Aug 27 01:40:42 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Stopped Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:40:42 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Consumed 19min 48.429s>
-- Boot 84c514b3b07b4d858ab28b2b295fef15 --
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Starting Light Display Manager...
Aug 27 01:41:50 fenris-eqr6 systemd[1]: Started Light Display Manager.
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm-autologin:aut>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: no password is available fo>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session):>
Aug 27 01:41:51 fenris-eqr6 lightdm[1563]: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login k>
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Well…here are the logs, but I don’t know what it is I’m looking at…should I still go with a reinstall?

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ug 27 01:39:21 fenris-eqr6 systemd-coredump[718745]: [🡕] Process 1488 (Xorg) o>
                                                      
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So far I think, xorg is probably crashing ,

maybe update or roll back to a saved snap.

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Try creating a new user and see if the problem persists.

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It’s hard to say how far back I would need to go

Ya I guess I could do that. So far it hasn’t happened for awhile.

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Making and then changing a user account didn’t seem to change anything. But I did notice something…

Here is a inxi of one of my Garuda VM’s


 ╭─fenrisham@fenrisham in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
 ╰─λ sudo garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.16.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=ceb942fa-01e9-4b4a-ba30-fed4ea324aa6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet resume=UUID=a23f583d-40c9-486b-a0de-84831b62be0f loglevel=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Vmware System: VMware product: VMware20,1 v: N/A serial: <filter>
    Chassis: No Enclosure type: 1 serial: N/A
  Mobo: Intel model: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform serial: N/A
    uuid: ae0e4d56-f543-e778-3551-e781f82ecf10 UEFI: VMware
    v: VMW201.00V.24006586.B64.2406042154 date: 06/04/2024
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: SMP
    arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404108
  Topology: cpus: 8x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 1 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 8x 64 KiB (512 KiB) desc: d-1x32 KiB; i-1x32 KiB L2: 8x 512 KiB (4 MiB)
    desc: 1x512 KiB L3: 8x 16 MiB (128 MiB) desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3294 min/max: N/A base/boost: 3141/3141 volts: 3.3 V
    cores: 1: 3294 2: 3294 3: 3294 4: 3294 5: 3294 6: 3294 7: 3294 8: 3294
    bogomips: 52706
  Flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.21.0.0 ports:
    active: Virtual-1 empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5,
    Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8 bus-ID: 00:0f.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev alternate: vesa,vmware gpu: vmwgfx
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1904x887 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 503x234mm (19.80x9.21")
    s-diag: 555mm (21.84")
  Monitor-1: Virtual-1 res: mode: 1904x887 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) size: N/A
    modes: max: 1904x887 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
  Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Ensoniq ES1371/ES1373 / Creative Labs CT2518 driver: snd_ens1371
    v: kernel bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 1274:1371 class-ID: 0401
  Device-2: C-Media USB Audio Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.1:4 chip-ID: 0d8c:0012 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI vendor: VMware Virtual Machine
    type: network bridge driver: N/A modules: i2c_piix4 port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:07.3 chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
  Device-2: Intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet vendor: VMware PRO/1000 MT
    Single Port driver: e1000 v: kernel port: 1040 bus-ID: 02:01.0
    chip-ID: 8086:100f class-ID: 0200
  IF: ens33 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 100 GiB used: 20.85 GiB (20.9%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: VMware model: Virtual SATA Hard Drive
    size: 100 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 90.91 GiB size: 90.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 20.85 GiB (22.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 90.91 GiB size: 90.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 20.85 GiB (22.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 90.91 GiB size: 90.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 20.85 GiB (22.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 90.91 GiB size: 90.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 20.85 GiB (22.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.71 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon
    or lm-sensors.
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.71 GiB used: 1.75 GiB (22.7%)
  Processes: 394 Power: uptime: 2h 50m states: freeze,standby,mem,disk
    suspend: s2idle avail: shallow wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform
    avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 3.05 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1354 libs: 352 tools: paru,yay Compilers:
    clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.3.3
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.8.2-2):
  System install date:     2025-08-23
  Last full system update: 2025-08-29
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            
--- System Health Check Report ---
22/23 checks run in 0.86 seconds ⌛
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✅ System health check passed. No issues found.

 ╭─fenrisham@fenrisham in ~ as 🧙 took 3s
 ╰─λ

So I mostly use it for JS8 Call, and WSJT-X, and after browsing PSK Reporter, I then saw it trip my screen. Is it possible something like using to much processing power or ram for a virtual machine could be responsibile for tripping errors in my core system?

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