Bug 494636

SUMMARY

Running plasmashell --version seems to depend on graphics initialization working, which can be an issue when running that command over SSH:

$ plasmashell --version
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display 
qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: wayland-egl, wayland, eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vkkhrdisplay, vnc, xcb.

Aborted
$

It would be nice if --version bypassed graphics initialization and if it just printed the version even with no graphics available. The same problem seems to exist for kwrite --version and konsole --version and systemsettings --version.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Run plasmashell --version over SSH

OBSERVED RESULT

Depending on your SSH setup, the command may not work and complain about lacking Wayland access.

EXPECTED RESULT

The plasma version is printed even over SSH.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION