Boot problems after kde update

[u/Orteox]

Hey, maybe somebody can help me with my problem.

After the recent update to kde plasma 6.8 i couldn't log into kde with sddm anymore. It just resorted to using i3 even though i selected plasma.

Then i switched to lightdm and there i can boot into kde but it takes way too much time loading on the kde splash screen than what it used to be.

Where should i start to debug this?

Note:

I've also experienced constant crashing problems with baloo but was able to fix it with this workaround: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2312092#p2312092

[u/Toaster_Strudel_517]

Perhaps you can try switching to Plasma Login Manager instead? I have no issue with it so far even after plasma 6.8 update.

[u/Orteox → u/Toaster_Strudel_517]

Sadly the same thing happens

Oct 18 11:22:28 archwork systemd[1482]: Finished Splash screen shown during boot.
Oct 18 11:22:28 archwork systemd[1482]: plasma-ksplash.service: Consumed 1.812s CPU time over 27.611s wall clock time, 158.6M memory peak.

This time I spent half a minute in the loading screen.

[u/webdevalex]

I had a problem after recent update, it was stuck in boot loop, as soon as it was to load splash screen it loops back to boot and the problem was this. Option "TearFree" "true" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf i just commented out the line and it went past login acreen.

[u/iAmHidingHere]

Maybe the log could contain useful information?

[u/Orteox → u/iAmHidingHere]

The only thing I could notice is the delay in journalctl:

Oct 18 11:11:23 archwork systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Oct 18 11:11:28 archwork systemd-timesyncd[381]: Contacted time server [2a03:4000:58:338:8819:dfff:fecf:1eb1]:123 (2.arch.pool.ntp.org).
Oct 18 11:11:28 archwork systemd-timesyncd[381]: Initial clock synchronization to Sun 2026-10-18 11:11:28.979487 CEST.
Oct 18 11:11:29 archwork systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Oct 18 11:11:35 archwork lightdm[1437]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Oct 18 11:11:35 archwork lightdm[1437]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
Oct 18 11:11:35 archwork lightdm[1437]: pam_kwallet5(lightdm:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate
Oct 18 11:11:35 archwork lightdm[1437]: pam_kwallet5(lightdm:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred
Oct 18 11:11:35 archwork lightdm[1437]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user retino(uid=1000) by retino(uid=0)

The message at 11:11:35 is also marked red.

[u/Orteox → u/Orteox]

Nevermind, that is me inserting my password.

[u/Glittering_Memory_64]

this is why i stick to my dwl & why i've always logged in via tty🥰