Sddm borked after update

After updating Garuda will not run programs and power controls are inoperable. Forced power cycle resulted in a default sddm theme that shows this message:

The current theme cannot be loaded due to the errors below, please select another theme.

file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/NetLogin/Main.qml:9:1: plugin cannot be loaded for module "org.kde.plasma.core": Cannot load library /usr/lib/qt/qml/org/kde/plasma/core/
libcorebindingsplugin.so: (libplist-2.0.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

Logging in only flashes the screen and resets the prompt for credentials.

After posting in this thread I restored the pre update snapshot then installed and applied the Terminal Style Login sddm theme before updating again. The results were the same inability to run anything or access the power menu before forcing shutdown. The new sddm theme appears to load and the error message is gone, but actually logging in is still just flashing the screen and resetting the prompt so I've restored the pre snapshot again.

garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.3.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d70ee9de-5e85-40e5-8409-d1efa98ddf94 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793:luks-dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793
root=/dev/mapper/luks-dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793 quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-46c7243b-77ab-47c4-96b0-046448bb6a17 loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Notebook
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 80A4 v: 91.1D serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
v: F.80 date: 06/14/2016
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.2 Wh (80.3%) condition: 28.9/28.9 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 16.2 min: 14.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: not charging
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Device PID:1028
serial: N/A charge: 100% rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-6500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake
gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2600 min/max: 400/3100 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: performance cores: 1: 2600 2: 2600 3: 2600 4: 2600 bogomips: 20799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports:
active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1347
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony HP Truevision HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b566 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 506x285mm (19.92x11.22")
s-diag: 581mm (22.86")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: 40S305 built: 2017
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 70 gamma: 1.2 size: 698x392mm (27.48x15.43")
diag: 1021mm (40.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x04b3 built: 2015 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 141 gamma: 1.2 size: 345x194mm (13.58x7.64") diag: 396mm (15.6")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.3.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active 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 Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 366.75 GiB (39.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Smart Modular Tech.
model: SHGS31-1000GS-2 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0Q00
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 664.32 GiB size: 664.32 GiB (100.00%)
used: 263.84 GiB (39.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 736 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 664.32 GiB size: 664.32 GiB (100.00%)
used: 263.84 GiB (39.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 664.32 GiB size: 664.32 GiB (100.00%)
used: 263.84 GiB (39.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 664.32 GiB size: 664.32 GiB (100.00%)
used: 263.84 GiB (39.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-dba3a878-2c74-4999-a682-5b4db7752793
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-46c7243b-77ab-47c4-96b0-046448bb6a17
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C pch: 41.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 252 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.36 GiB
used: 4.07 GiB (26.5%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2420
libs: 588 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2022-08-12
Last full system update: 2023-05-06
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Just to be sure, my English is poor.

Did you change the standard login theme to TerminalStyleLogin?
And now there is this problem?

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No, I had changed it to the "NetLogin" theme referenced by the error message a long time ago and haven't had any issues with it until now. I changed to the "Terminal Style Login" today in an unsuccessful attempt to fix the issue.

How about the standard theme?
My KDE machines boot without problems.

BTW

Search in forum about, latte dock is out of date.

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Tbh I don't even remember what the standard sddm theme is for kde . . .

So according to a comment on the AUR page for libplist-git "libplist has had a soname bump recently, which means all dependents need to be rebuilt against the new library.". Does this mean I'm stuck being unable to update until all of the affected kde pkgs are rebuilt, or is this something I can/should do myself?

Posting a link may helpful (always).

Package Base: libplist-git
Description: A library to handle Apple Property List format whereas it’s binary or XML
Upstream URL: http://www.libimobiledevice.org/

You have to rebuild the packages if it is not done upstream. I would ask there. Because I am not sure. :slight_smile:

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