Description of problem: The sddm user is no longer installed using latest version of sddm package. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q sddm sddm-0.19.0^git20230404.e652433-1.el9.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. You need a fresh system installation. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Plasma KDE from a minimal/network base or build a custom image using kickstart 2. User sddm is missing (check the commnand 'systemctl status sddm.service') 3. The system hangs on first boot, no graphical login Actual results: Black screen on first boot. Expected results: Graphical login offered. Additional info: It seems related to '%sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE18}' command in .spec file.
This has been fixed in epel9-next with package sddm-0.20.0-3.el9.next This will come to epel9 in November with the update that happens with the next RHEL 9 (9.3) release.
Tested with epel9-next release using my live remix: it works! Kickstarts and images are available here [1]. [1] https://github.com/mbugni/centos-remix
Thank you for checking. And thank you for your remix.