Please reopen. The discussion in the upstream bugtracker [1] shows that it is likely to be a packaging bug (packages compiled with -DNO_SYSTEMD).
1: https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/295#event-184014278 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Kubuntu PPA. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1384401 Title: sddm does not start with systemd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/+bug/1384401/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs