SUMMARY My laptop is connected to an external monitor, which is designated as the primary screen. The login prompt appears on both screens (which seem to be mirrored), but the input that has focus is on the laptop screen, which is secondary. Would it be possible to know the primary screen at that stage, or is that information available only after login? PS: apologies if this is the wrong component. The description also says "Don't use this for reporting bugs about locking the screen or logging out.", but it would be more helpful if it said where to file.
yes, I also have a similar problem. My secondary monitor is rotated and the login screen is therefore not really usable on it. I think the login should happen at the primary monitor (if thats possible) or at least what Dan Dascalescu wrote that it gets mirrored on both screen. I hate to say it but Windows does that pretty nicely, where the login screen only appears on the primary screen...
Created attachment 153079 [details] Here is what the login looks like on my screen setup with the primary screen being the big screen on the right
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This should be implemented here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreenlocker/-/blob/master/greeter/greeterapp.cpp?ref_type=heads#L651 But it seems to have been broken for quite a while.
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Copied from bug #492502: SUMMARY It would be nice if there was (at least) an option to mirror the password field on the screen saver / screen lock across all screens, such that when I type it in, it will be shown on all screens. This would solve my problem where with multiple screens, when waking up the screens, the first time I enter the password unlocking will fail. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Allow screen to go to sleep 2. Shake mouse 3. Wait until first screen wakes up and presents the password prompt 4. Start typing the password 5. The 2nd screen will be turned on a second (or so) later 6. Now the 2nd half of the password will be entered on the 2nd screen's password prompt input field 7. When you press enter to unlock the computer, the password will be rejected (part of it was entered into one input field and part of it into the other) OBSERVED RESULT Unlock gets rejected. EXPECTED RESULT Password gets input into the password field on all screens and unlock succeeds. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: NixOS 24.05 KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.10.6 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS with Radeon Graphics Memory: 30,6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This is related to following existing reports: * bug #409226 (this is an alternative way to solve the problem: instead of entering the password on all screens, show the prompt only on one of them) * bug #488516 (this suggests that there might be 2 problem involved: the password being split, but also the first characters being missing)
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Still unchanged at today Plasma version: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250106 KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0 Qt Version: 6.8.1 Kernel Version: 6.12.8-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 30.8 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product Name: MINIPC PN50 System Version: 0626 hwinfo --monitor (tailered) 46: None 00.0: 10002 LCD Monitor [Created at monitor.125] Model: "ASUS MB16AMT" Device: eisa 0x1661 "ASUS MB16AMT" Resolution: 1920x1080@60Hz Detailed Timings #0: Resolution: 1920x1080 47: None 01.0: 10002 LCD Monitor Model: "EIZO EV3285" Device: eisa 0x2971 "EV3285" Resolution: 3840x2160@60Hz Detailed Timings #0: Resolution: 3840x2160 If I start the system (Suspend or as well only from screensaver or display off), the main 4k Eizo Display connected via DP will start emiditaly and the login dialog is visible, if I start typing, the 2nd ASUS 1080 Sreen connected via USB DP start and the focus jumps the dialog switcht to this login dialog so that the first part of the password is on the first and the 2nd part on the 2nd dialog. For sure login fails.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreenlocker/-/merge_requests/251
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2709
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