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Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #15 –
if you plasma stuck at startup, you can try rename the entire .config to .config2 and restart sddm. the plasma will start as if it were newly installed.

some plasma cache  dirs you can find in ./cache. Just deleting plasma cache  dirs/files could be help too:

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kcmshell5
kinfocenter
kio_http
krunner
ksmserver-logout-greeter
kscreenlocker_greet
ksplashqml
kwin
plasmashell
qmlplugindump
systemsettings

ksycoca5_cs_Sc37KVY0ETJiYubzUugGbzqYDlk=
ksycoca5_en_Sc37KVY0ETJiYubzUugGbzqYDlk=
plasma-svgelements
plasma_theme_default_v5.80.0.kcache
icon-cache.kcache
event-sound-cache.tdb.xxxxxxxx.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #16 –
neither helped, also startx doesn't work either, maybe getting that to work would help ?

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #17 –
Also while using wpa_supplicants when trying to connect to the wifi, I got fun error
Failed to add supported operating classes IE


Anyway, fixed that one myself


Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #18 –
What happens when you disable your DM and run startx?

If it sends you back to the console after a brief flash, post your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.

For example (I'm not using a DE, but only dwm), my xinitrc ends with:

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exec dwm

so by installing dwm (if you don't already have it), you can test if your X works at all and we can eliminate X from being the source of the problem.

Shift+Alt+q exits dwm by default if you manage to start it.

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #20 –
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twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
That's because you don't have twm, xclock or xterm installed. You can either comment out the line with twm and xclock and install xterm (pacman -S xterm as root), which will allow you to test if X works, or, alternatively, install a simple WM like dwm, comment out all lines with xterm and add
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exec dwm
at the end, then try to run startx.

If you go with the second option (dwm), this is how the end of your xinitrc will look:
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#twm &
#xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
#xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
#xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
#exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

exec dwm

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #21 –
So em, that's the resualt, 3 terminals yey?

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #23 –
Sorry I ask, i am stupid how do you use Display Manager?

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #24 –
Create a new user >> System Settings > In "Personalization" section click "Users" then at bottom click "+ Add New User". After that log out of Plasma and login as that "New User". hth

Best regards.
We should try to be kind to everyone.....we are all fighting some sort of battle.

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #25 –
The problem is that I have no GUI. Plasma broke, and I have access only to the terminal, and I am asking how to use DM to start it, not how to create a user

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #26 –
which init you have?

above i wrote you, how re-start sddm, if you have openrc.

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #27 –
I get service sddm doesn't exist

And I think I have runit ?

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #28 –
which DM you use ? if you don't know, install sddm and install sddm-runit

Re: I broke Plasma again

Reply #29 –
Alright, so I know now I am using openrc
Also, I am not sure what type of DM I use, it's the default one most likely, as I wasn't messing with it