Bug 502001

Summary: Buttons on Lock and Logout screens are not localized
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: AlexB <kde-identity-of-alex>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: kde, kdedev, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.2   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Lock Screen: Strings in German marked green, strings in English marked red.
Logout Screen
Login Screen: All strings are in German.

Description AlexB 2025-03-25 22:36:17 UTC
Created attachment 179736 [details]
Lock Screen: Strings in German marked green, strings in English marked red.

SUMMARY

Login screen is localized, but Lock and Logout screens are not localized.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Start PC
     => Login Screen is in German (localized as expected)
     => Log in.
2. Go to Lock Screen: "Meta" + "L"
    => Button text is in English.
3. Go to Logout Screen: "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del"
    => Button text is in English.

OBSERVED RESULT

Lock and Logout Screens are in English.

EXPECTED RESULT

Lock and Logout Screens are in German (localized).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma:             Tuxedo OS (Ubuntu based): Linux 6.11.0-109019-tuxedo #19~24.04.1tux2
KDE Plasma Version:          6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version:                           6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I'm not sure, but I think before last KDE update some weeks ago localization of Lock and Logout Screens was working.

$ locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=de
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
Comment 1 AlexB 2025-03-25 22:39:23 UTC
Created attachment 179737 [details]
Logout Screen
Comment 2 AlexB 2025-03-25 22:54:46 UTC
Created attachment 179738 [details]
Login Screen: All strings are in German.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-03-26 15:00:02 UTC
This works as expected for me on current git master.
Comment 4 TraceyC 2025-03-26 15:49:59 UTC
I can reproduce on git-master (I had just wiped the build directory yesterday and built workspace)

If I go to Menu - Log out (Abmelden), on that screen I see English strings.
On boot / wake from sleep or standby I see German as expected
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2025-03-27 18:27:04 UTC
I was testing with `LANGUAGE=de_DE ~/kde/usr/lib64/libexec/ksmserver-logout-greeter --windowed`, which gets me 100% German strings on today's git master.
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-28 17:22:02 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5351
Comment 7 AlexB 2025-09-13 19:30:11 UTC
In KDE Plasma 6.4.4 there is no issue with German localization any more.