[Bug 1499243] Re: sddm hangs when autologin set to a non-existent user

[Michael Bolland]

Reproduced with fresh install of kubuntu 16.10

0) Installed kubuntu from scratch
1) Logged in as oem and updated kubuntu
2) Restarted
3) Installed recommended proprietary nvidia drivers
4) Restart and i was able to login
5) Created new user
6) Logged in as new user
7) Deleted Oem user, restarted

Now i get a black screen on bootup

Syslog displays

yslog:Nov  3 20:37:53 firestorm sddm-helper[1910]: [PAM] Ended.
syslog:Nov  3 20:37:53 firestorm sddm[1132]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
syslog:Nov  3 20:37:53 firestorm sddm[1132]: Greeter stopped.
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: Checking for pam module
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: Got pam-login
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: Waiting for hash on 16-
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: waitingForEnvironment on: 19
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: client connected
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd: client disconnected
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: Checking for pam module
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: Got pam-login param
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: Waiting for hash on 16-
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: waitingForEnvironment on: 20
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: client connected
syslog:Nov  3 20:38:28 firestorm sddm[1132]: kwalletd5: client disconnected
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Initializing...
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Starting...
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Display server starting...
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:12 firestorm sddm[1139]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{0142681a-17c5-4aed-9c8f-987476ba43c7} -background none -noreset -displayfd 18 vt7
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Running display setup script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Display server started.
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop"
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startkde"
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{0142681a-17c5-4aed-9c8f-987476ba43c7}"
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] Starting...
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] Authenticating...
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] returning.
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] acctMgmt: Authentication failure
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Authentication error: "Authentication failure"
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm-helper[1218]: [PAM] Ended.
syslog:Nov  3 20:39:13 firestorm sddm[1139]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1

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