"Config File Not Writable" on Boot (Manjaro) - Solved

[ghosty999]

Hello
I'm getting this on boot just after the grub OS selection screen. Only just started recently. It allows me to boot if I select OK. Is it just a case of changing the permissions on the mentioned file?
Thanks!

 

[f33dm3bits]

What do the permissions look like of that file?

ls -l /var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc

 

[ghosty999]

What do the permissions look like of that file?

ls -l /var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc

Says no such file exists. At a GUI level it looks like this. Only .config file is this one:

 

[f33dm3bits]

You can try creating the file like this.

sudo touch /var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc

Then seeing what happens next time you reboot?

 

[ghosty999]

You can try creating the file like this.

sudo touch /var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc

Then seeing what happens next time you reboot?

Thanks I'll try this too... but I think I found the issue

"It means that for some reason, files that SDDM requires have become read only. That can also mean ssd failure. You can try to chown the files and folder that SDDM can't write to, but if it happens again, or the rest of the OS starts acting weird, check your hardware."

 

[f33dm3bits]

If that is the case if you to do a "touch" somewhere on the root filesystem you should get a read only as well? Also be sure to check "dmesg" output if your ssd is giving errors you should see them there as well including i/o errors.

 

[ghosty999]

If that is the case if you to do a "touch" somewhere on the root filesystem you should get a read only as well? Also be sure to check "dmesg" output if your ssd is giving errors you should see them there as well including i/o errors.

Results attached

 

[f33dm3bits]

There are quite a few errors about your nvm ssd but no i/or errors yets.

[ 2437.692185] nvme 0000:03:00.0: [ 0] RxErr (First)
[ 2439.615785] nvme 0000:03:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
[ 2439.615792] nvme 0000:03:00.0: device [15b7:5006] error status/mask=00000001/0000e000

With the screenshot where you touched the file, the file should exist now. What happens when you restart your system now?

 

[ghosty999]

There are quite a few errors about your nvm ssd but no i/or errors yets.

With the screenshot where you touched the file, the file should exist now. What happens when you restart your system now?

Just restarted and same error message upon boot.

Could it be the failing RAM has corrupted this file?

 

[f33dm3bits]

Configuration file "/var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc" not writable

@Leo1807 @clmbtti Point of information … Do any of these posters use extra sddm software, such as extra themes, or a utility like sddm config editor ?

forum.manjaro.org

sudo chown -R sddm:sddm /var/lib/sddm/.config

 

[ghosty999]

Configuration file "/var/lib/sddm/.config/sddm-greeterrc" not writable

@Leo1807 @clmbtti Point of information … Do any of these posters use extra sddm software, such as extra themes, or a utility like sddm config editor ?

forum.manjaro.org

That worked! Thanks for your help. New RAM ordered and hopefully we are back to normal! Thanks!