Bug 362020

Summary:	Login session changes upon installing Kodi
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	hagen.sam
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	hagen.sam, kde, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description hagen.sam 2016-04-21 05:25:53 UTC

I'm running Kubuntu 16.04 AMD64 and am running into an interesting situation when I install Kodi.  Upon installation, the Auto Login session changes from "Plasma" to "Kodi."  It's easy enough to change it back but I assume this shouldn't be the case.

This change can lead the operating system to hang on the next startup.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Activate Auto Login
2. sudo apt-get install kodi
3. Check Auto Login details under System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Login Screen > Advanced

Actual Results:  
Autologin Session switched from "Plasma" to "Kodi"

Expected Results:  
I would have expected the installation of Kodi not to alter the auto login session.

Comment 1 hagen.sam 2016-04-21 05:33:28 UTC

Some additional system information: 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.5.5
QT Version: 5.5.1
Kernal Version 4.4.0-21-generic

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-11-28 21:45:03 UTC

This would be a bug in Kodi itself or more likely, its Ubuntu packaging. It definitely shouldn't change the default session with no user input when  installed.

Comment 3 David Edmundson 2017-11-28 22:58:50 UTC

I doubt it's changing the Session in the SDDM config.

What probably happened is:
 - you had an SDDM config with no session set (if you edited it manually for example..or maybe some installer does that?)

 - you then opened settings, if you don't have a session selected, our combo box will just have the first entry selected.

 - hitting save will update the SDDM config.

Maybe I should put a blank entry in the combo box.