Super User
Super User

Questions tagged [sddm]

8 questions
8
votes
2 answers

Can I login into sddm as some user, not knowing their password, if I have sudo/root privileges?

I can unlock any user's graphical session without knowing their password if I'm root, just using loginctl unlock-session . But can I start a graphical session as a user somehow, not knowing their password? I can backup /etc/shadow, change…
Nikita Kipriyanov
  • 3,249
2
votes
0 answers

Starting multiple sddm sessions automatically

I'm trying to achieve a relatively simple thing in theory, but having a lot of problems with it. I'm trying to have my Arch Linux (though this issue is somewhat general and not specific to distro I think) PC start multiple SDDM sessions, one with…
j0hny
  • 149
2
votes
0 answers

kde login screen only on 1 monitor

I'd like my kde login screen to be ONLY on 1 monitor. The other one is not always ON, and in that case I'm missing cursor and it's just inconvenient to use. I learned, that kde uses sddm, learned about file /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup, and put…
Martin Mucha
  • 603
0
votes
1 answer

How to change the background image in SDDM login - KDE - Kubuntu 24.04?

I was trying to change the background screen in the SDDM login in KDE - Kubuntu 24.04 using the system manager, but it was not keeping the changes after closing the manager.
Yuri Gelsleichter
  • 101
0
votes
1 answer

Automatically reconfigure SDDM when monitor gets connected

I'm using SDDM (with Kubuntu if that matters) on a quasi headless setup, i.e., it normally has no monitor connected. Now there are some servicing tasks where I'd like to temporarily connect an external monitor to the system to work locally. It is a…
Philipp Burch
  • 201
0
votes
1 answer

Can a linux command auto-login to a specific desktop environment session type

so a bit of context, i have my pc setup to start at TTY then when i want to go into a desktop environment i start the login manager. # Upon install setting the TTY as default start state sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target # to start…
noob456
  • 1
0
votes
1 answer

It it possible to not use a desktop display manager and just use the DE's lock screen?

I have a laptop running Debian Linux and KDE Plasma as the desktop environment. This is a pretty trivial issue, but I hate the look of SDDM and would prefer to always use KDE's lock screen by booting straight into it if possible. Did look into…
DJMoffinz
  • 1
0
votes
1 answer

SDDM login screen showing wrong time format

first thing: I'm using KDEneon as system, no particular mods. I have a small problem is really small but is bothering me... I set system-wide English language, but than something puzzling happen. The 12h time format was bothering me pretty much, so…
Xabras126
  • 1