# Issue with SDDM **URL:** \ **Category:** Plasma\ **Created:** [September 24, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390 "2020-09-24T23:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/1 "2020-09-24T23:27:44Z")
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 ```auto Configuration file"var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc" not writeable. Please contact your administrator. ``` ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/2 "2020-09-25T03:20:30Z")
> [@anon83136962](#): > > `Configuration file"var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc" not writeable.` Have you changed desktop managers recently? Edit: Does this seem like it might be on the right track? > ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/3 "2020-09-25T10:51:30Z")
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. > **[8 Practical Examples of Linux "Touch" Command](https://www.tecmint.com/8-pratical-examples-of-linux-touch-command/)** > > In this article, we will cover some useful practical examples of Linux touch commands. whichis used to create, change and modify the timestamps of a file. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/4 "2020-09-25T15:14:47Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/5 "2020-09-25T15:28:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/6 "2020-09-25T15:44:40Z")
That file does not exist on my system: ```bash /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) ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/7 "2020-09-25T15:55:26Z")
I can show what mine has but i don’t have Emby installed. Edit: Just tell me what you want to see. ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/8 "2020-09-25T16:10:19Z")
```auto 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 ``` ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/9 "2020-09-25T16:26:00Z")
How to bring that up? ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/10 "2020-09-25T16:28:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/11 "2020-09-25T16:29:07Z")
Arrow up on Konsole ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/12 "2020-09-25T16:30:55Z")
Edited my previous post. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/13 "2020-09-25T16:31:21Z")
Which folder are you saying? ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/14 "2020-09-25T16:31:52Z")
/var/lib/ ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/15 "2020-09-25T16:33:50Z")
Like this or different? ```auto [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 ~]$ ``` ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/16 "2020-09-25T16:35:13Z")
Yea ![Screenshot_20200925_093329](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e426d585cb4d513c41eefa24ae59c5d80b1bf1bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/17 "2020-09-25T16:38:14Z")
I went to folder and opened a terminal. ```auto [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. ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/18 "2020-09-25T16:40:48Z")
LOL my bad and I thought you were asking how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/19 "2020-09-25T16:43:05Z")
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! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon83136962](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon83136962)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390/20 "2020-09-25T16:43:13Z")
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. [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/issue-with-sddm/8390.md?page=2)