Reproduced with fresh install of kubuntu 16.10 0) Installed kubuntu from scratch 1) Logged in as oem and updated kubuntu 2) Restarted 3) Installed recommended proprietary nvidia drivers 4) Restart and i was able to login 5) Created new user 6) Logged in as new user 7) Deleted Oem user, restarted
Now i get a black screen on bootup Syslog displays yslog:Nov 3 20:37:53 firestorm sddm-helper[1910]: [PAM] Ended. syslog:Nov 3 20:37:53 firestorm sddm[1132]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully syslog:Nov 3 20:37:53 firestorm sddm[1132]: Greeter stopped. syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: Checking for pam module syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: Got pam-login syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: Waiting for hash on 16- syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: waitingForEnvironment on: 19 syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: client connected syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: client disconnected syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: Checking for pam module syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: Got pam-login param syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: Waiting for hash on 16- syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: waitingForEnvironment on: 20 syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: client connected syslog:Nov 3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: client disconnected syslog:Nov 3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Initializing... syslog:Nov 3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Starting... syslog:Nov 3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Adding new display on vt 7 ... syslog:Nov 3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Display server starting... syslog:Nov 3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{0142681a-17c5-4aed-9c8f-987476ba43c7} -background none -noreset -displayfd 18 vt7 syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Running display setup script "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup" syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Display server started. syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startkde" syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{0142681a-17c5-4aed-9c8f-987476ba43c7}" syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] Starting... syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] Authenticating... syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] returning. syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] acctMgmt: Authentication failure syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Authentication error: "Authentication failure" syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] Ended. syslog:Nov 3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499243 Title: sddm hangs when autologin set to a non-existent user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/1499243/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs