From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Mar 13 16:24:29 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9829E57B74C for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@twc.com) Received: from p-impout005.msg.pkvw.co.charter.net (p-impout005aa.msg.pkvw.co.charter.net [47.43.26.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DySgc5yrRz53Xm for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@twc.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] ([74.132.18.25]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPA id L73yltFQveKjEL73zlnbb8; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:24:27 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=ALzgjvLx c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=6dKv8Xy78h5PIHsve0hi3A==:117 a=6dKv8Xy78h5PIHsve0hi3A==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=Cn_yyQfWAoZgTQF9en8A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=IjZwj45LgO3ly-622nXo:22 Subject: Re: Can't get back to KDE Plasma session after selecting KDE Cinnamon session To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0eb24bd5-cb34-13ce-a443-16e8b1a9704f@twc.com> From: Steven Friedrich Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 11:24:26 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfFJO4iVa3NzrM2cwAC/7hBAx5esP6fYOrAClvv7okM0GC1Iq+BUCjaII0dDACI4F6tFYFQcjia59xP3HuguFSJFf57cw72xm/TKQSQaAhZBmW5uDGsSs kpvO9udsci7ZW3z0ZX9l2w18mhhYPWKK5LFCRP01a0ofZs1YZiVNkfDYQiABHE+CVXkAWcqA45BLFA== X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DySgc5yrRz53Xm X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@twc.com designates 47.43.26.136 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@twc.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.31 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[twc.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.99)[0.985]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(0.00)[47.43.26.136:from]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[twc.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[twc.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:47.43.26.0/24]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:40294, ipnet:47.43.24.0/21, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[74.132.18.25:received] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:24:29 -0000 On 3/13/21 8:37 AM, Graham Perrin wrote: > On 13/03/2021 00:15, Steven Friedrich wrote: >> … >> > Control-Alt-F2 to bring up ttyv1 > > Login as root, then use your tool of choice to kill whatever prevents > you from regaining the sddm screen. Or simply: > > service restart sddm > > My tool of choice: htop, with a tree view whenever I'm killing things. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" It's not regaing the sddm screen as the problem. I've been using service sddm stop and later the onestart. The problem is that sddm PUTS me in a Cinnamon desktop, even though I selected Plasma. I CAN get a Plasma desktop by un-commenting the appropriate exec in my .xinitrc. -- Donald Knuth - I've proven it's correct, but I haven't actually tried it. HP-Slimline 290-p0014 Desktop using integrated UHD Graphics 630 Running KDE Neon 5.21.2, Kubuntu 20.10, Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, and FreeBSD FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE-p4 r369434 Special amd64 Path: /usr/ports Working Copy Root Path: /usr/ports URL: https://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head Relative URL: ^/head Repository Root: https://svn.freebsd.org/ports Repository UUID: 35697150-7ecd-e111-bb59-0022644237b5 Revision: 568188 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: nc Last Changed Rev: 568188 Last Changed Date: 2021-03-12 11:26:49 -0500 (Fri, 12 Mar 2021)