I just did a logoff and receive the below error message. I did a log off earlier today and there was not issue then. Since that logoff I’ve had these updates: libspectre 0.2.9-2, linux-hardened-headers 5.8.11.a-1, yad 7.2-1, linux-hardened 5.8.11.a-1, firefox 81.0-2, kdocker-git 5.3.r0.a067154-1(uninstalled and replaced the kdocker I had installed earlier today), emby-server 4.5.0.50-1. Any suggestions on how to fix this and what caused it? Thanks
Configuration file"var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc" not writeable.
Please contact your administrator.
Have you changed desktop managers recently?
Edit: Does this seem like it might be on the right track?
Of the two solutions which do you suggest? While I’m asking what is this touch I’ve been seeing lately? Thanks
EDIT:
Looks like the first solution is what I want. Not ever sure why the second person would of made their. post Thanks again.
I think there are some root permission stuff changed in kde. I really don’t know but just from tidbits i read i came across this.
Well I lied when I marked that as the solution. Created the file cause it actually didn’t exist, and fixed permissions and it’s still doing it.
EDIT:
I’m going to call this related. Emby creates a folder under /var/lib/ that I should have access to without doing anything. I actually had to take ownership of it so I could open it and edit a file in it. Also creating “sddm-greeterrc” just creates an empty file, so I don’tr get why the one poster would of had the one OP syackexchange even create the file.
xircon
September 25, 2020, 3:44pm
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That file does not exist on my system:
/var/lib/sddm/.config
Permissions Size User Date Modified Name
.rw------- 633 sddm 2020-07-27 21:37 user-dirs.dirs
.rw-r--r-- 5 sddm 2020-07-27 21:37 user-dirs.locale
Weird, what permissions does yours have (note user = sddm)
I can show what mine has but i don’t have Emby installed.
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 20 Sep 6 09:27 AccountsService
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Jun 22 02:39 alsa
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Jun 21 09:13 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Aug 8 14:48 arpd
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Jun 15 13:14 boltd
drwxr-xr-x 1 colord colord 6 Sep 6 09:27 colord
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 20 Sep 6 09:26 dbus
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Feb 22 2020 dhclient
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 54 Sep 23 07:34 dkms
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alienprober autologin 12 Sep 9 09:13 emby -> private/emby
drwxrwxrwt 1 alienprober autologin 0 Nov 13 2019 ex
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 92 Sep 25 04:52 flatpak
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68 Sep 8 16:05 fwupd
drwxr-xr-x 1 geoclue geoclue 0 Sep 6 11:11 geoclue
drwxr-xr-x 1 komga komga 12 Sep 10 14:30 komga
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 16 Sep 6 09:25 krb5kdc
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 26 Sep 6 09:30 lirc
drwxr-x--- 1 alienprober autologin 0 Sep 1 05:29 locate
-rw-r--r-- 1 alienprober autologin 245 Sep 25 00:00 logrotate.status
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 09:09 machines
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 34 Sep 15 13:08 mhwd
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Aug 21 04:19 misc
drwxr-x--- 1 alienprober autologin 20 Sep 25 00:00 mlocate
drwx------ 1 alienprober autologin 270 Sep 25 09:09 NetworkManager
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Sep 11 08:22 os-prober
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 18 Sep 25 05:22 pacman
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 34 Sep 9 08:23 plex
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 09:09 portables
drwx------ 1 root root 8 Sep 9 09:13 private
drwxr-xr-x 1 sddm sddm 182 Sep 8 16:02 sddm
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 222 Sep 25 07:09 snapd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 104 Sep 6 09:45 systemd
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Feb 10 2020 tlp
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 12 Sep 6 09:32 tpm2-tss
drwx------ 1 alienprober autologin 0 Aug 15 11:40 udisks2
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 24 Sep 6 09:28 uniconf
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 884 Sep 25 04:59 upower
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 0 Jul 19 04:15 usb_modeswitch
drwxr-xr-x 1 alienprober autologin 30 Sep 6 09:26 xkb
LOL you’re going to make me find that page again? Is there a way to view Konsole history? Would be much easier to find what I use that way.
EDIT:
YEAH!!! I just happened to leave it open. I just navigated to the folder in my file manager, opened Konsole there, then ls -lh.
Which folder are you saying?
Like this or different?
[ricklinux@eos-plasma ~]$ ls -lh /var/lib
total 4.0K
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 Sep 8 21:55 AccountsService
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jun 22 05:39 alsa
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 8 17:48 arpd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jun 15 16:14 boltd
drwxr-xr-x 1 colord colord 6 Sep 8 21:55 colord
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 Sep 8 21:55 dbus
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 22 2020 dhclient
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50 Sep 24 10:58 dkms
drwxrwxrwt 1 root root 0 Nov 13 2019 ex
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68 Sep 8 22:29 fwupd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16 Sep 8 21:54 krb5kdc
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26 Sep 8 21:57 lirc
drwxr-x--- 1 root locate 0 Sep 1 08:29 locate
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 214 Sep 25 00:00 logrotate.status
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 12:32 machines
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 21 07:19 misc
drwxr-x--- 1 root locate 20 Sep 25 00:00 mlocate
drwx------ 1 mysql mysql 0 Sep 8 22:14 mysql
drwx------ 1 root root 272 Sep 25 12:32 NetworkManager
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 11:17 os-prober
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Sep 25 11:22 PackageKit
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18 Sep 25 11:22 pacman
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 12:32 portables
drwx------ 1 root root 0 Sep 8 21:54 private
drwxr-xr-x 1 sddm sddm 176 Sep 8 22:02 sddm
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 116 Sep 8 22:02 systemd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 11 2020 tlp
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12 Sep 8 21:58 tpm2-tss
drwx------ 1 root root 0 Aug 15 14:40 udisks2
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24 Sep 8 21:56 uniconf
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jun 17 04:38 upower
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jul 19 07:15 usb_modeswitch
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Sep 8 21:55 xkb
[ricklinux@eos-plasma ~]$
I went to folder and opened a terminal.
[ricklinux@eos-plasma lib]$ ls-lh
bash: ls-lh: command not found
[ricklinux@eos-plasma lib]$ ls -lh
total 4.0K
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 Sep 8 21:55 AccountsService
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jun 22 05:39 alsa
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 8 17:48 arpd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jun 15 16:14 boltd
drwxr-xr-x 1 colord colord 6 Sep 8 21:55 colord
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 Sep 8 21:55 dbus
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 22 2020 dhclient
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50 Sep 24 10:58 dkms
drwxrwxrwt 1 root root 0 Nov 13 2019 ex
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68 Sep 8 22:29 fwupd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16 Sep 8 21:54 krb5kdc
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26 Sep 8 21:57 lirc
drwxr-x--- 1 root locate 0 Sep 1 08:29 locate
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 214 Sep 25 00:00 logrotate.status
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 12:36 machines
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 21 07:19 misc
drwxr-x--- 1 root locate 20 Sep 25 00:00 mlocate
drwx------ 1 mysql mysql 0 Sep 8 22:14 mysql
drwx------ 1 root root 272 Sep 25 12:32 NetworkManager
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 11:17 os-prober
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Sep 25 11:22 PackageKit
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18 Sep 25 11:22 pacman
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 25 12:36 portables
drwx------ 1 root root 0 Sep 8 21:54 private
drwxr-xr-x 1 sddm sddm 176 Sep 8 22:02 sddm
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 116 Sep 8 22:02 systemd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 11 2020 tlp
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12 Sep 8 21:58 tpm2-tss
drwx------ 1 root root 0 Aug 15 14:40 udisks2
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24 Sep 8 21:56 uniconf
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jun 17 04:38 upower
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jul 19 07:15 usb_modeswitch
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Sep 8 21:55 xkb
[ricklinux@eos-plasma lib]$
Edit: Same thing…just wanted to be sure i was giving you what you asked.
LOL my bad and I thought you were asking how to do it.
Well i sort of was in a way because I’m not a big terminal guru. Keep in mind i won’t have a lot of applications you have but the main stuff is there related to KDE.
Edit: Reason i asked because you didn’t show the command in your output so i was guessing. I’m not that Kreskin!
Because of a couple of other minor issues I’m seriously thinking of rerunning, but I’d like to wait till the 13th or 14th cause Plasma 5.20 will be released on the 13th.
