I have Kubuntu installed, dual booting with Win10 and half the time I start my computer the desktop environment for Kubuntu just doesn't start, all I see is a blinking underscore. I can access tty and log in, which is helpful when I need to commit some work I hadn't committed. But I can't seem to get desktop to start half the time, the other half it works like a dream.
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I ran into a similar problem and my issue was that sddm-greeter
was not able to start properly as it couldn't find the theme for the login screen.
You can find the config file for sddm
under /etc/sddm.conf
(if it isn't there, check the man pages man sddm
and it should tell you where the config file is under the heading Files.)
For me, changing the current theme to breeze
and restarting sddm
fixed my issue.
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ill try this and get to you in a couple of days to see if the issue persists! Nov 10, 2018 at 22:13
inxi -Fxz
may also be helpful. Installinxi
from the repos.