Bug 423477

Summary:	"Switch user" iten in Kicker/Kickoff doesn't do anything when clicked.
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Axel Braun <axel.braun>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Axel Braun <axel.braun>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, pip.kde, plasma-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.19.1
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423526
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	5.20
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	screenshot log of plasmashell --replace

Description Axel Braun 2020-06-25 08:35:43 UTC

SUMMARY
I cant create a new user sessions if one user is logged in.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. From the menu, use 'Switch user'
2. User gets logged off
3. 'Create new session' does not work

OBSERVED RESULT
No new session created

EXPECTED RESULT
New session for different user is started. That was working until Plasma 5.19.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200621
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-06-26 02:35:16 UTC

Where are you clicking "Create new session" On the login screen? On the session list screen? Can you attach a screenshot?

Comment 2 Axel Braun 2020-06-26 10:14:41 UTC

Created attachment 129691 [details]
screenshot

I use the switch user from the menu as shown.
On the following lock screen there is an icon under the password field 'Switch user'. Nothing happens when I click there

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-06-30 16:43:00 UTC

Ah ok, so when you click on that button, it logs you off instead of switching. That should be the same issue as Bug 422870 which is fixed in Plasma 5.19.2!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 422870 ***

Comment 4 Axel Braun 2020-06-30 16:52:08 UTC

No, it does not log me off - just nothing happens.
And it is still an issue in 5.19.2

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2020-06-30 17:09:48 UTC

Got it, sorry.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-06-30 19:01:51 UTC

I don't have this issue, but my "Switch Users" item in the menu keeps disappearing: Bug 423526.

Could you run plasmashell on the command line? You can do this with `plamsashell --replace. Once you've done that please click on the non-functional button and attach any output that appears in the terminal window.

Comment 7 Axel Braun 2020-07-01 07:54:30 UTC

Created attachment 129809 [details]
log of plasmashell --replace

Comment 8 Axel Braun 2020-07-01 07:54:57 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6)
> I don't have this issue, but my "Switch Users" item in the menu keeps
> disappearing: Bug 423526.

The buttons are there.....

> Could you run plasmashell on the command line? You can do this with
> `plamsashell --replace. Once you've done that please click on the
> non-functional button and attach any output that appears in the terminal
> window.

That left me with a non-working desktop - menu bar gone, window decorations not working - I could only kill the x-Session. and it did not show the lock screen with the 'change user' button

Comment 9 Nate Graham 2020-07-01 13:35:53 UTC

Thanks, that wasn't as helpful as I was hoping. :( A more experienced Plasma developer will probably need to have a look.

Comment 10 Nate Graham 2020-10-16 14:06:24 UTC

Is this still an issue in Plasma 5.20?

Comment 11 Axel Braun 2020-10-21 10:02:19 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #10)
> Is this still an issue in Plasma 5.20?

No, it does still not work properly. The lock screen comes up with a button 'Start new session', but without any users displayed.
When I hit the button it brings me back to the unlock screen of my previous session

Comment 12 Nate Graham 2020-10-21 20:57:22 UTC

That seems like a different issue. Now it's doing something when clicked, but that thing isn't correct!

Can you file a new bug report against ksmserver? Thanks!