all fine with with sddm_0.21.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb and lower.
after upgrade to sddm_0.21.0-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb sddm crashes on startup:
all fine after apt-rollback
I also tried to set DisplayServer=x11 in sddm.conf to ensure it has nothing todo with wayland default.
2024-10-28T15:30:15.035364+01:00 devel2 systemd[1]: Starting sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager...
2024-10-28T15:30:15.067383+01:00 devel2 systemd[1]: Started sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager.
2024-10-28T15:30:16.011519+01:00 devel2 sddm[1329]: Could not setup default cursor
2024-10-28T15:30:16.270131+01:00 devel2 sddm-helper[3701]: Starting X11 session: "" "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession \"startlxqt\""
2024-10-28T15:30:57.033280+01:00 devel2 sddm-helper[3701]: Signal received: SIGTERM
2024-10-28T15:30:57.035993+01:00 devel2 sddm[1329]: Authentication error: SDDM::Auth::ERROR_INTERNAL "Process crashed"
2024-10-28T15:30:57.036046+01:00 devel2 sddm[1329]: Auth: sddm-helper (--socket /tmp/sddm-auth-e355caa8-71c1-4b9d-9e55-be0715d471ca --id 1 --start startlxqt --user bwahlen --autologin) crashed (exit code 1)
2024-10-28T15:30:57.036088+01:00 devel2 sddm[1329]: Authentication error: SDDM::Auth::ERROR_INTERNAL "Process crashed"
2024-10-28T15:30:57.036127+01:00 devel2 sddm[1329]: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 1
2024-10-28T15:30:57.070372+01:00 devel2 systemd[1]: Stopping sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager...