SUMMARY This bug affects both Arch Linux and neon unstable. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. open system settings > workspace behavior > screen locking 2. click on "Configure..." button 3. uncheck "Clock" 4. click on "Apply" button 5. lock your screen 6. move cursor or press any key OBSERVED RESULT screen locker unexpectedly shows clock EXPECTED RESULT screen locker should not show clock SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2
Weird, works for me.
humm, I can reproduce on neon unstable even with a new user account.
I can also reproduce with neon unstable (neon-unstable-20210404-0329.iso) running on VirtualBox.
I can reproduce this on endeavor os. I also checked the other settings worked and they do (e.g. disable media controls works as expected). Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.16.2-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
I was experiencing the exact opposite of this in Bug 454074 but I am not able to reproduce it anymore. Not sure what fixed it. Maybe changing plasma theme?
My problem may be related to this, although the specific issue is exactly the opposite. Under System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Screen Locking > Appearance (Configure), I have `Show: Clock` checked. But the clock is not shown on the lock screen. I cannot locate any errors related to this. Everything else related to the lock screen works as expected. I don't normally show the Media Controls, but if I check that, they are shown, and when I uncheck it, they are not shown. The clock is the only lock screen feature I notice that refuses to work. I'm running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux, fully updated. The problem affects my desktop and laptop (both run Arch). Under the directory `~/.local/share/plasma/` my only file/folder is `plasmoids`. I do not have a `~/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel/` directory. I assume it should work without a custom theme and I assume I don't have that folder because I don't have a custom theme installed.
Can confirm this issue. MountainX, let's discuss your issue in Bug 454074.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7) > Can confirm this issue. MountainX, let's discuss your issue in Bug 454074. I'm happy to discuss it in either issue report. Thank you for your interest in working on this. If you need more info, let me know.
I see the problem. What this setting does is to *always* show the clock, even when the password prompt and user avatar are hidden. But the configuration UI doesn't make this clear. When you uncheck the checkbox, the clock will vanish along with everything else when the password prompt and user avatar are hidden, but it will always appear when they're visible, and there's no way to turn this off. I'll change around the UI to make it clear.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1943
Git commit 8625eee79a650f96ab1997eb59c86fc8eef48865 by Nate Graham. Committed on 25/07/2022 at 04:22. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. lockscreen KCM: clarify clock and media control UI The current UI does not communicate to the user at what times these UI elements will be shown, leading to confusion. People are thinking that unchecking the Clock checkbox always hides it, but this is not the case; instead it hides the clock only when the main UI is invisible. To address this, the wordings of the checkbox labels are changed to indicate what the opposite states will do as well. FIXED-IN: 5.26 M +13 -3 lookandfeel/org.kde.breeze/contents/lockscreen/config.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/8625eee79a650f96ab1997eb59c86fc8eef48865
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #9) > I see the problem. > > What this setting does is to *always* show the clock, even when the password > prompt and user avatar are hidden. That's the result I would like. Can you explain how to make it happen? None of the settings I have tried will make the clock visible under any circumtances. I used to have a clock always on my lock screen. Not sure why it went away and I haven't been able to get it back.
I would suspect you're using a 3rd-party login screen theme or a fork of the default one, rather than the default Breeze theme.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #13) > I would suspect you're using a 3rd-party login screen theme or a fork of the > default one, rather than the default Breeze theme. Afaik, I'm using the stock Breeze dark theme and my lock screen is Breeze. What is the best way to check that I'm using the lock screen theme you expect me to be using? Thanks.
Let's continue in Bug 454074, which tracks your specific issue.