I messed up my login screen
So, I was attempting to get a Qt5 login theme, specifically sugar candy, to work on a fresh install of Kubuntu with Qt6. It was just showing a white screen with a password box and showing my user but no visual details and no way to switch user.
Eventually, through installing all the compatibility packages and then editing the "import qtgraphicaleffects 1.0" (or something like that) to the compatibility one, I was able to get it working in the test screen but not on the actual login screen.
It was then I was directed by all the guides I was working with to the etc/sddm.conf.d/ directory, where some .conf files existed, being 10-wayland.conf, 20-kubuntu.conf, and kde_settings.conf. kde_settings.conf had the current theme set to sugar-candy, but 20-kubuntu.conf did not, and had it set to kubuntu.
I, based on advice I interpreted online, created a .conf file called 99-theme.conf or something like that to load last and just put 2 lines, being the theme header and current=sugar-candy. I also hashed out the current=kubuntu line under the theme section of 20-kubuntu.conf.
When this still did not work, I saw somewhere that Wayland may have been causing the issue considering how long ago the last update for the theme was. So I changed the DisplayServer=wayland in 10-wayland.conf to =x11. And made a file called 98-x11.conf to put the same line in.
I then restarted sddm in the terminal, and it is not loading. The computer is on, but all I have is a black screen with a flashing white underscore in the top left.
I would say I am pretty new to Linux so I have no idea what broke it.
If anyone could help, that would be great. Would preferably want to avoid reinstalling the OS
Eventually, through installing all the compatibility packages and then editing the "import qtgraphicaleffects 1.0" (or something like that) to the compatibility one, I was able to get it working in the test screen but not on the actual login screen.
It was then I was directed by all the guides I was working with to the etc/sddm.conf.d/ directory, where some .conf files existed, being 10-wayland.conf, 20-kubuntu.conf, and kde_settings.conf. kde_settings.conf had the current theme set to sugar-candy, but 20-kubuntu.conf did not, and had it set to kubuntu.
I, based on advice I interpreted online, created a .conf file called 99-theme.conf or something like that to load last and just put 2 lines, being the theme header and current=sugar-candy. I also hashed out the current=kubuntu line under the theme section of 20-kubuntu.conf.
When this still did not work, I saw somewhere that Wayland may have been causing the issue considering how long ago the last update for the theme was. So I changed the DisplayServer=wayland in 10-wayland.conf to =x11. And made a file called 98-x11.conf to put the same line in.
I then restarted sddm in the terminal, and it is not loading. The computer is on, but all I have is a black screen with a flashing white underscore in the top left.
I would say I am pretty new to Linux so I have no idea what broke it.
If anyone could help, that would be great. Would preferably want to avoid reinstalling the OS
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