sddm login with HideUsers in sddm.conf

ouaille-aime-scier

Hello,

With the new Plasma6 interface, my SDDM don't give me access to my user name for loging. I put the HideUsers variable with my user name in sddm.conf and I have to remove it to reobtain access to the login.

Do you know to correct this behaviour ?

Thanks in advance.

demm

Make sure to merge the /etc/sddm.conf.pacnew, since session naming for example has changed (there was supposed to be a pop-up with this info for the plasma 6 move, but somehow some users don't get it). There should not be a change in HideUsers behavior.

ouaille-aime-scier

demm thanks I'll see it tonight, I've also had this concern in ArcoLinux for several months, if I put my user in HideUsers I don't have an area for inputting my username in sddm.

demm

Ah, this is not new? Then the new sddm 2.0/QML changes are probably to blame. What sddm themes have you tried? Same issue with the breeze theme?

ouaille-aime-scier

demm I will try breeze theme to see what happens to sddm, when coming home in some hours thanks.

ouaille-aime-scier

demm yes you were right, if I use an other sddm theme than breeze I can't access to the user login zone ! thanks for your help.

demm

No, that is a bug in the other themes, so you have the same issue with the Midna theme? That will need fixing then.

ouaille-aime-scier

demm yes same behaviour with midna sddm theme.

demm

Can you please also test with the default sddm theme, Maui? Just leave the theme empty in the conf file, it will always fall back to that default.

ouaille-aime-scier

demm same bug with default theme, unable to get access to login if HideUsers is set.

demm

Then it needs to be reported upstream for the default theme:
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues

ouaille-aime-scier

demm ok I will do that this evening.

ouaille-aime-scier

https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/1864

ouaille-aime-scier

Thanks to the sddm team :-)

demm

Not solved at all, they just closed it without addressing the fact that the default theme shipped in SDDM fails.

ouaille-aime-scier

demm proposed workaround : "use a sddm theme which is doing the required job and good bye"