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[solved] SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

TL;DR:

It looks like, if NetworkManager is used, SDDM fails to start when booting if NetworkManager didn't connect yet, if /etc/hostname isn't set. In my case, only /etc/conf.d/hostname was set, but not /etc/hostname. After creating it, SDDM started normally, no matter if NetworkManager was connected or not.

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Hi all!

When booting my notebook, SDDM fails to start. I only get a black screen with a non-blinking cursor in the upper left corner, nothing happens.

When switching to terminal 1 and restarting SDDM manually (/etc/init.d/sddm restart, using OpenRC btw.), SDDM starts normally.

The Xorg log does not look different I think:

Here's the log directly after  booting, with SDDM failing to start:

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[    23.565] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-2302.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[    23.595] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    23.595] Current Operating System: Linux think 5.18.12-artix1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:11:59 +0000 x86_64
[    23.595] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=8d2b0f2c-7395-4433-959a-3511eecce3ea rw quiet resume=/dev/sda2 pcie_aspm=off
[    23.595]  
[    23.595] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[    23.595] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    23.595] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    23.595] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jul 23 09:20:10 2022
[    23.647] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    23.674] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    23.674] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    23.674] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    23.674] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    23.675] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    23.675] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    23.675] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    23.675] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    23.675] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    23.675] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    23.698] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[    23.698] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    23.713] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[    23.713] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    23.713] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[    23.713] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    23.713] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[    23.713] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    23.713] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[    23.713] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    23.713] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF
[    23.713] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    23.713] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    23.713] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    23.713] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    23.713] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[    23.713] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[    23.713] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    23.715] (++) using VT number 7

[    23.715] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    23.717] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    23.717] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[    23.739] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:5917:17aa:5068 rev 7, Mem @ 0xf0000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000e000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    23.739] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    23.739] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    23.763] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    23.875] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    23.875] 	compiled for 1.21.1.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    23.875] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    23.875] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[    23.875] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[    23.875] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[    23.875] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[    23.875] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    23.875] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    23.875] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intel
[    23.875] (EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)
[    23.875] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    23.876] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    23.930] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    23.930] 	compiled for 1.21.1.4, module version = 1.21.1
[    23.930] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    23.930] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[    23.930] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    23.930] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[    23.930] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[    23.930] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    23.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    23.955] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    23.955] 	compiled for 1.21.1.3, module version = 2.5.0
[    23.955] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    23.955] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[    23.955] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    23.955] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    23.983] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[    23.984] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    23.984] (==) modeset(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[    23.984] (==) modeset(0): RGB weight 888
[    23.984] (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    23.984] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[    23.984] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[    23.984] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[    24.136] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    24.136] 	compiled for 1.21.1.4, module version = 1.0.1
[    24.136] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    27.068] (II) modeset(0): glamor X acceleration enabled on Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
[    27.068] (II) modeset(0): glamor initialized
[    27.068] (==) modeset(0): VariableRefresh: disabled
[    27.068] (==) modeset(0): AsyncFlipSecondaries: disabled
[    27.069] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 has no monitor section
[    27.073] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 has no monitor section
[    27.073] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 has no monitor section
[    27.253] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-2 has no monitor section
[    27.254] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output eDP-1
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer: BOE  Model: 742  Serial#: 0
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Year: 2017  Week: 32
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): EDID Version: 1.4
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Digital Display Input
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 8 bits per channel
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Digital interface is DisplayPort
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 31  vert.: 17
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Gamma: 2.20
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Preferred mode is native pixel format and refresh rate
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): redX: 0.591 redY: 0.364   greenX: 0.349 greenY: 0.571
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): blueX: 0.160 blueY: 0.122   whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): clock: 141.4 MHz   Image Size:  309 x 173 mm
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 1920  h_sync: 1968  h_sync_end 2000 h_blank_end 2142 h_border: 0
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 1080  v_sync: 1083  v_sync_end 1089 v_blanking: 1100 v_border: 0
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0):  BOE CQ
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0):  NV140FHM-N49
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): EDID (in hex):
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	00ffffffffffff0009e5420700000000
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	201b0104a51f1178025510975d599229
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	1f505400000001010101010101010101
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	0101010101013c3780de703814403020
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	360035ad1000001a0000000000000000
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	00000000000000000000000000fe0042
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	4f452043510a202020202020000000fe
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): 	004e5631343046484d2d4e34390a004b
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output eDP-1
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  141.40  1920 1968 2000 2142  1080 1083 1089 1100 +hsync -vsync (66.0 kHz eP)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x120.0  356.38  1920 2080 2288 2656  1080 1081 1084 1118 doublescan -hsync +vsync (134.2 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x119.9  266.50  1920 1944 1960 2000  1080 1081 1084 1111 doublescan +hsync -vsync (133.2 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  173.00  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync (67.2 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x59.9  138.50  1920 1968 2000 2080  1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.6 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x60.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x59.9  119.00  1680 1728 1760 1840  1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0  122.00  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x900"x120.0  246.00  1600 1728 1900 2200  900 901 904 932 doublescan -hsync +vsync (111.8 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x900"x119.9  186.50  1600 1624 1640 1680  900 901 904 926 doublescan +hsync -vsync (111.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x900"x59.9  118.25  1600 1696 1856 2112  900 903 908 934 -hsync +vsync (56.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x900"x59.8   97.50  1600 1648 1680 1760  900 903 908 926 +hsync -vsync (55.4 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x900"x60.0  103.50  1400 1480 1624 1848  900 903 913 934 -hsync +vsync (56.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x900"x59.9   86.50  1400 1448 1480 1560  900 903 913 926 +hsync -vsync (55.4 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x810"x120.0  198.12  1440 1548 1704 1968  810 811 814 839 doublescan -hsync +vsync (100.7 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x810"x119.9  151.88  1440 1464 1480 1520  810 811 814 833 doublescan +hsync -vsync (99.9 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1368x768"x59.9   85.25  1368 1440 1576 1784  768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync (47.8 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1368x768"x59.9   72.25  1368 1416 1448 1528  768 771 781 790 +hsync -vsync (47.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x800"x120.0  174.25  1280 1380 1516 1752  800 801 804 829 doublescan -hsync +vsync (99.5 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x800"x119.9  134.25  1280 1304 1320 1360  800 801 804 823 doublescan +hsync -vsync (98.7 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x800"x59.8   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x800"x59.9   71.00  1280 1328 1360 1440  800 803 809 823 +hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x120.0  156.12  1280 1376 1512 1744  720 721 724 746 doublescan -hsync +vsync (89.5 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x120.0  120.75  1280 1304 1320 1360  720 721 724 740 doublescan +hsync -vsync (88.8 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x59.9   74.50  1280 1344 1472 1664  720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x720"x59.7   63.75  1280 1328 1360 1440  720 723 728 741 +hsync -vsync (44.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x120.1  133.47  1024 1100 1212 1400  768 768 770 794 doublescan -hsync +vsync (95.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x720"x120.0  117.00  960 1024 1128 1300  720 720 722 750 doublescan -hsync +vsync (90.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "928x696"x120.1  109.15  928 976 1088 1264  696 696 698 719 doublescan -hsync +vsync (86.4 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "896x672"x120.0  102.40  896 960 1060 1224  672 672 674 697 doublescan -hsync +vsync (83.7 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x576"x119.9   98.50  1024 1092 1200 1376  576 577 580 597 doublescan -hsync +vsync (71.6 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x576"x119.9   78.38  1024 1048 1064 1104  576 577 580 592 doublescan +hsync -vsync (71.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x576"x59.9   46.50  1024 1064 1160 1296  576 579 584 599 -hsync +vsync (35.9 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x576"x59.8   42.00  1024 1072 1104 1184  576 579 584 593 +hsync -vsync (35.5 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x600"x119.9   96.62  960 1028 1128 1296  600 601 604 622 doublescan -hsync +vsync (74.6 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x600"x120.0   77.00  960 984 1000 1040  600 601 604 617 doublescan +hsync -vsync (74.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x540"x119.9   86.50  960 1024 1124 1288  540 541 544 560 doublescan -hsync +vsync (67.2 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x540"x120.0   69.25  960 984 1000 1040  540 541 544 555 doublescan +hsync -vsync (66.6 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x540"x59.6   40.75  960 992 1088 1216  540 543 548 562 -hsync +vsync (33.5 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x540"x59.8   37.25  960 1008 1040 1120  540 543 548 556 +hsync -vsync (33.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x120.0   81.00  800 832 928 1080  600 600 602 625 doublescan +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "840x525"x120.0   73.12  840 892 980 1120  525 526 529 544 doublescan -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "840x525"x119.8   59.50  840 864 880 920  525 526 529 540 doublescan +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "864x486"x59.9   32.50  864 888 968 1072  486 489 494 506 -hsync +vsync (30.3 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "864x486"x59.6   30.50  864 912 944 1024  486 489 494 500 +hsync -vsync (29.8 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "700x525"x120.0   61.00  700 744 820 940  525 526 532 541 doublescan +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x450"x119.9   59.12  800 848 928 1056  450 451 454 467 doublescan -hsync +vsync (56.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x450"x119.6   48.75  800 824 840 880  450 451 454 463 doublescan +hsync -vsync (55.4 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x512"x120.0   54.00  640 664 720 844  512 512 514 533 doublescan +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "700x450"x119.9   51.75  700 740 812 924  450 451 456 467 doublescan -hsync +vsync (56.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "700x450"x119.8   43.25  700 724 740 780  450 451 456 463 doublescan +hsync -vsync (55.4 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x120.0   54.00  640 688 744 900  480 480 482 500 doublescan +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x405"x59.5   22.50  720 744 808 896  405 408 413 422 -hsync +vsync (25.1 kHz d)
[    27.255] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x405"x59.0   21.75  720 768 800 880  405 408 413 419 +hsync -vsync (24.7 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "684x384"x119.8   42.62  684 720 788 892  384 385 390 399 doublescan -hsync +vsync (47.8 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "684x384"x119.7   36.12  684 708 724 764  384 385 390 395 doublescan +hsync -vsync (47.3 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x400"x119.8   41.75  640 676 740 840  400 401 404 415 doublescan -hsync +vsync (49.7 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x400"x120.0   35.50  640 664 680 720  400 401 404 411 doublescan +hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x360"x119.7   37.25  640 672 736 832  360 361 364 374 doublescan -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x360"x119.7   31.88  640 664 680 720  360 361 364 370 doublescan +hsync -vsync (44.3 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x360"x59.8   18.00  640 664 720 800  360 363 368 376 -hsync +vsync (22.5 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x360"x59.3   17.75  640 688 720 800  360 363 368 374 +hsync -vsync (22.2 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "512x384"x120.0   32.50  512 524 592 672  384 385 388 403 doublescan -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "512x288"x120.0   23.25  512 532 580 648  288 289 292 299 doublescan -hsync +vsync (35.9 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "512x288"x119.8   21.00  512 536 552 592  288 289 292 296 doublescan +hsync -vsync (35.5 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "480x270"x119.3   20.38  480 496 544 608  270 271 274 281 doublescan -hsync +vsync (33.5 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "480x270"x119.6   18.62  480 504 520 560  270 271 274 278 doublescan +hsync -vsync (33.3 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "400x300"x120.6   20.00  400 420 484 528  300 300 302 314 doublescan +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "400x300"x112.7   18.00  400 412 448 512  300 300 301 312 doublescan +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "432x243"x119.8   16.25  432 444 484 536  243 244 247 253 doublescan -hsync +vsync (30.3 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "432x243"x119.1   15.25  432 456 472 512  243 244 247 250 doublescan +hsync -vsync (29.8 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "320x240"x120.1   12.59  320 328 376 400  240 245 246 262 doublescan -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "360x202"x119.0   11.25  360 372 404 448  202 204 206 211 doublescan -hsync +vsync (25.1 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "360x202"x118.3   10.88  360 384 400 440  202 204 206 209 doublescan +hsync -vsync (24.7 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "320x180"x119.7    9.00  320 332 360 400  180 181 184 188 doublescan -hsync +vsync (22.5 kHz d)
[    27.256] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "320x180"x118.6    8.88  320 344 360 400  180 181 184 187 doublescan +hsync -vsync (22.2 kHz d)
[    27.259] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-1
[    27.259] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-1
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-2
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 connected
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 disconnected
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 disconnected
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-2 disconnected
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[    27.440] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 using initial mode 1920x1080 +0+0
[    27.440] (==) modeset(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    27.440] (==) modeset(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    27.440] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    27.440] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    27.440] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[    27.440] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    27.440] (II) Unloading vesa
[    28.227] (==) modeset(0): Backing store enabled
[    28.227] (==) modeset(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    28.300] (II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
[    28.301] (==) modeset(0): DPMS enabled
[    28.301] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    28.301] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: iris
[    28.301] (II) modeset(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[    28.301] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[    28.301] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[    28.301] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[    28.302] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[    28.302] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[    28.302] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    28.303] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[    28.303] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[    28.303] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[    28.304] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[    28.304] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[    28.304] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[    28.305] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[    28.305] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[    28.305] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[    28.306] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    28.306] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    28.306] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[    28.307] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[    28.307] (II) Initializing extension Present
[    28.307] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[    28.307] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[    28.308] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[    28.308] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    28.308] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    28.326] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized iris
[    28.326] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[    28.326] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    28.326] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[    28.326] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[    28.326] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[    28.328] (II) modeset(0): Damage tracking initialized
[    28.328] (II) modeset(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 285
[    28.822] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[    28.822] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    28.822] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[    28.822] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[    28.885] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    28.885] 	compiled for 1.21.1.3, module version = 1.2.1
[    28.885] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    28.885] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.4
[    28.885] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[    28.885] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    28.885] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[    28.974] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    28.975] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    28.975] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[    28.997] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event2"
[    28.997] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    28.999] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    28.999] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    29.001] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event5)
[    29.001] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    29.001] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[    29.001] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    29.001] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[    29.003] (II) event5  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.003] (II) event5  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    29.004] (II) event5  - Video Bus: device removed
[    29.040] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input8/event5"
[    29.040] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    29.043] (II) event5  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.043] (II) event5  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    29.044] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event1)
[    29.044] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.044] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.045] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event0)
[    29.046] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    29.046] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[    29.046] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[    29.046] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[    29.048] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.048] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    29.048] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    29.067] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input0/event0"
[    29.067] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[    29.069] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.069] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    29.072] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Integrated Camera: Integrated C (/dev/input/event8)
[    29.072] (**) Integrated Camera: Integrated C: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    29.072] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Integrated Camera: Integrated C'
[    29.072] (**) Integrated Camera: Integrated C: always reports core events
[    29.072] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
[    29.075] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.075] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: device is a keyboard
[    29.076] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: device removed
[    29.110] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/input/input11/event8"
[    29.110] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Integrated Camera: Integrated C" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    29.113] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.114] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: device is a keyboard
[    29.115] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event10)
[    29.115] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.115] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.116] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event11)
[    29.116] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.116] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.117] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event12)
[    29.117] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.117] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.118] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event13)
[    29.118] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.118] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.119] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event14)
[    29.119] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.119] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.120] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event15)
[    29.120] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.120] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.121] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 (/dev/input/event16)
[    29.121] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.121] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.122] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Synaptics TM3383-002 (/dev/input/event7)
[    29.122] (**) Synaptics TM3383-002: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[    29.122] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Synaptics TM3383-002'
[    29.122] (**) Synaptics TM3383-002: always reports core events
[    29.122] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[    29.125] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    29.131] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: device is a touchpad
[    29.131] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: device removed
[    29.165] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.4/i2c-0/0-002c/rmi4-00/input/input9/event7"
[    29.165] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Synaptics TM3383-002" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 10)
[    29.167] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    29.167] (**) Synaptics TM3383-002: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    29.167] (**) Synaptics TM3383-002: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    29.167] (**) Synaptics TM3383-002: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    29.168] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    29.169] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: device is a touchpad
[    29.170] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Synaptics TM3383-002 (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    29.170] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.170] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.170] (II) config/udev: Adding input device TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint (/dev/input/event9)
[    29.170] (**) TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    29.170] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint'
[    29.170] (**) TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: always reports core events
[    29.170] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
[    29.171] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: is tagged by udev as: Mouse Pointingstick
[    29.171] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: device is a pointer
[    29.172] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: device removed
[    29.207] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.4/i2c-0/0-002c/rmi4-00/rmi4-00.fn03/serio2/input/input10/event9"
[    29.207] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint" (type: MOUSE, id 11)
[    29.207] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    29.207] (**) TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    29.207] (**) TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    29.207] (**) TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    29.208] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: is tagged by udev as: Mouse Pointingstick
[    29.209] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: device is a pointer
[    29.211] (II) config/udev: Adding input device TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint (/dev/input/mouse1)
[    29.211] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.211] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.212] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event3)
[    29.212] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    29.212] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    29.212] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    29.212] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[    29.213] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.213] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    29.214] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[    29.233] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input3/event3"
[    29.234] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[    29.236] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    29.237] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    29.240] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event4)
[    29.240] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.240] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.246] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ThinkPad Extra Buttons (/dev/input/event6)
[    29.246] (**) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    29.246] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ThinkPad Extra Buttons'
[    29.246] (**) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: always reports core events
[    29.246] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
[    29.248] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Switch
[    29.248] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device is a keyboard
[    29.249] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device removed
[    29.270] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input7/event6"
[    29.270] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ThinkPad Extra Buttons" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[    29.272] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Switch
[    29.273] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device is a keyboard
[    45.973] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[    45.990] (II) event5  - Video Bus: device removed
[    46.023] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    46.040] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: device removed
[    46.073] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: device removed
[    46.107] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: device removed
[    46.140] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[    46.157] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device removed
[    46.173] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[    47.658] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
[    47.851] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 1858
[    47.851] (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[    47.851] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  141.40  1920 1968 2000 2142  1080 1083 1089 1100 +hsync -vsync (66.0 kHz eP)
[    48.118] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 1858
[    48.118] (II) modeset(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[    48.118] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  141.40  1920 1968 2000 2142  1080 1083 1089 1100 +hsync -vsync (66.0 kHz eP)
[    48.318] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    48.319] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    48.319] (II) event5  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    48.320] (II) event5  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    48.320] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    48.320] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    48.321] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    48.321] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: device is a keyboard
[    48.322] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    48.324] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: device is a touchpad
[    48.326] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: is tagged by udev as: Mouse Pointingstick
[    48.326] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: device is a pointer
[    48.327] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    48.328] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    48.329] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Switch
[    48.329] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device is a keyboard
[    51.484] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[    51.500] (II) event5  - Video Bus: device removed
[    51.533] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    51.550] (II) event8  - Integrated Camera: Integrated C: device removed
[    51.583] (II) event7  - Synaptics TM3383-002: device removed
[    51.617] (II) event9  - TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint: device removed
[    51.650] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[    51.667] (II) event6  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device removed
[    51.683] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch

The log when SDDM starts after the manual restart looks exactly the same (except for the times obviously).

Thanks for all help tracking this down!

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #1 –
Maybe, this is some timing problem?

I added an extra dependency for SDDM to /etc/rc.conf, to make it start a few moments later:
Code: [Select]
rc_sddm_after="cronie"

… and it shows up normally …

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #2 –
Quote from: l3u – on
Maybe, this is some timing problem?

I added an extra dependency for SDDM to /etc/rc.conf, to make it start a few moments later:
Code: [Select]
rc_sddm_after="cronie"

… and it shows up normally …
Definitely, sddm starts before something it needs. I doubt it's crond, most probably it's elogind. You can edit /etc/init.d/sddm and add "after logind" in depend() - no need to tweak the global rc file.

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #3 –
I also think that this isn't caused by cron being started or not, I just wanted to delay the start a bit.

But  also don't think that adding a dependency to logind will help, as elogind already is started way before sddm …

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #4 –
I just compared what Gentoo/OpenRC does to setup SDDM (on the said notebook, I has Gentoo until recently, without the SDDM not showing up problem).

Gentoo does it in a slightly different way, first, we had an xdm init script that could be configured to fire up SDDM, now, we have a dedicated script called "display-manager".

However, the init script bringing up whatever display manager has almost the same dependencies as Artix's SDDM init script. But not the very same. I thus simply changed the SDDM init script to declare the dependecies like Gentoo does it. And: The problem is gone. SDDM shows up as expected.

I think this is a bug in Artix's SDDM init script, maybe not showing up everywhere (I migrated three machines from Gentoo to Artix recently, and only on my Notebook, the problem showed up. Maybe because I use NetworkManager there, and OpenRC's net config on the other two).

TL;DR: This patch makes it work:
Code: [Select]
--- /etc/init.d/sddm.orig   2022-01-04 18:13:45.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/sddm        2022-07-23 19:08:04.919197791 +0200
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     after bootmisc consolefont modules netmount
     after ypbind autofs openvpn gpm lircmd
     after quota keymaps
+    after logind
     before alsasound
-    want logind
-    use xfs
+    use dbus xfs
 
     provide xdm display-manager
 }

Can I report this to some bugzilla?

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #5 –
The 'after logind' dependency should cover 'use dbus', as elogind depends on dbus ('need dbus' in init.d/elogind). Please, test without the 'use dbus' directive and report back. We'll implement it.

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #6 –
This actually works as well (only replacing "want logind" with "after logind", leaving out the last two lines of the above patch).

I just realized you're an Artix dev ;-) Always nice to speak to upstream directly! Thanks for fixing this!

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #7 –
Unfortunately, this doesn't always work …

When I tested this yesterday, SDDM showed up each time.

I however noticed that SDDM doesn't seem to adopt my locale setting (German). When it shows up after booting, the displayed language is English. When I restart SDDM, the locale is respected and I see SDDM in German.

I experimented with exporting LANG in /etc/sddm/scripts/Xsetup (which is executed via the DisplayCommand setting in /etc/sddm.conf) and setting the LANG in /etc/default/locale. None worked, first time to show up, SDDM's language is always English.

However I rebooted the system several times to check this out (because as soon as I restart SDDM, the locale is set correctly). And I noticed that sometimes (not always), SDDM still does not show up when booting, and I have to restart it manually (which always makes SDDM show up).

Could it be that this somehow depends on whether NetwotkManager is connected or not?! As when it's not connected, some services' startup is delayed until it's connected?!

The odd thing is that I never had this problem on Gentoo, although the setup is identical …

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #8 –
A dbus related patch for SDDM was present but not applied in the build of the current sddm-0.19.0-8 package.
This has been corrected in sddm-0.19.0-8.1 which became available a few minutes ago in our testing repo.
artist

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #9 –
Is it possible to install that single package for testing?

Sorry, I'm very new to Artix and pacman …

The only SDDM version currently available on Gentoo is 0.18.1 btw. – is this a regression? Would not be the first time that SDDM breaks due to some update!

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #10 –
sure - just run:
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sudo pacman -U http://artist.artixlinux.org/repos/gremlins/os/x86_64/sddm-0.19.0-8.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #11 –
Thanks for the info! But alas, this version also shows the exact same behavior:

First try with a fresh boot: SDDM starts, but only a black screen with a non blinking white cursor is shown. No mouse cursor, nothing happens. After manually restarting SDDM, it starts up normally.

EDIT:

This should be the respective part of SDDM's log:
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[18:04:44.917] (II) DAEMON: Initializing...
[18:04:44.988] (II) DAEMON: Starting...
[18:04:44.989] (II) DAEMON: Logind interface found
[18:04:44.991] (II) DAEMON: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
[18:04:45.093] (II) DAEMON: Loading theme configuration from ""
[18:04:45.093] (II) DAEMON: Display server starting...
[18:04:45.093] (II) DAEMON: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{2c192e16-5d51-4fdc-86bb-29c1bd653093}"
[18:04:45.398] (II) DAEMON: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt7 -auth
 /var/run/sddm/{2c192e16-5d51-4fdc-86bb-29c1bd653093} -noreset -displayfd 17
[18:04:50.732] (II) DAEMON: Setting default cursor
[18:04:51.417] (II) DAEMON: Running display setup script  "/etc/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
[18:04:51.529] (II) DAEMON: Display server started.
[18:04:51.529] (II) DAEMON: Socket server starting...
[18:04:51.530] (II) DAEMON: Socket server started.
[18:04:51.655] (II) DAEMON: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.co
nf"
[18:04:51.686] (II) DAEMON: Greeter starting...
[18:04:51.826] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Starting...
[18:04:51.826] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Authenticating...
[18:04:51.826] (II) HELPER: [PAM] returning.
[18:04:51.974] (II) DAEMON: Greeter session started successfully
[18:04:52.555] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Closing session
[18:04:52.558] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Ended.
[18:04:52.675] (WW) DAEMON: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 6
[18:04:52.675] (II) DAEMON: Greeter stopped.
[18:05:33.081] (WW) DAEMON: Signal received: SIGTERM
[18:05:33.082] (II) DAEMON: Socket server stopping...
[18:05:33.082] (II) DAEMON: Socket server stopped.
[18:05:33.082] (II) DAEMON: Display server stopping...
[18:05:33.582] (II) DAEMON: Display server stopped.
[18:05:33.582] (II) DAEMON: Running display stop script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop"

I think the interstng part is

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[18:04:52.675] (WW) DAEMON: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 6
[18:04:52.675] (II) DAEMON: Greeter stopped.

This  one doesn't show up after the restart.

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #12 –
After searching and reading all kinds of similar bug reports and forum posts, I read something about /etc/hostname.

Actually, I didn't have /etc/hostname set, but only /etc/conf.d/hostname. So I created /etc/hostname. Three times in a row, SDDM showed up normally after booting after that.

WTF?!

Could that really be the issue here?! As said, this only happens on my notebook (Lenovo ThinkPad E480), the only machine where I use NetworkManager. On the other machines I migrated from Gentoo to Artix, I use OpenRC's network setup through /etc/conf.d/net and a /etc/init.d/net.lo symlink …

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #13 –
So, it seems SDDM accesses /etc/hostname directly? Anyway, OpenRC supports both hostname paths and IIRC /etc/hostname takes precedence over /etc/conf.d/hostname. Which installation ISO did you use? Recent ISOs save that information in /etc/os-release.

Re: SDDM fails to start when booting, shows up after manual restart

Reply #14 –
I used artix-base-openrc-20220123-x86_64.iso

This is really odd however …