[Bug 2105438] [NEW] Upgrade failed to install proper SDDM components and session drop down (x11 vs wayland) was empty

[Darin Miller]

Public bug reported:

do-release-upgrade -d" completed successfully but resulted in a session
with the "non-SDDM" login prompt and no available windows manager in the
drop down. Ctrl-alt-f2 failed to produce a usable terminal... unsure how
to fix without a terminal and thus recovered with a fresh install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-11.11-generic 6.14.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports: 640:1000:110:175125496:2025-03-29 12:39:16.258547358 -0600:2025-03-29 12:38:59.705217907 -0600:/var/crash/_usr_bin_plasmashell.1000.crash
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Mar 30 10:42:20 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-29 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Beta amd64 (20250324.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade plucky wayland-session

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Title:
  Upgrade failed to install proper SDDM components and session drop down
  (x11 vs wayland) was empty

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  do-release-upgrade -d" completed successfully but resulted in a
  session with the "non-SDDM" login prompt and no available windows
  manager in the drop down. Ctrl-alt-f2 failed to produce a usable
  terminal... unsure how to fix without a terminal and thus recovered
  with a fresh install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-11.11-generic 6.14.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 640:1000:110:175125496:2025-03-29 12:39:16.258547358 -0600:2025-03-29 12:38:59.705217907 -0600:/var/crash/_usr_bin_plasmashell.1000.crash
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sun Mar 30 10:42:20 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-29 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Beta amd64 (20250324.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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