STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1.pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dolphin 2.close dolphin 3. open konsole OBSERVED RESULT konsole opens as root EXPECTED RESULT konsole opens as the user SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: ubuntu KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0 Qt Version: 5.14.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION i think other programs are affected such as krunner
Sounds an awful lot like https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423059 . Just to make sure, are you running Konsole using a keyboard shortcut?
also with i launched konsole with ctrl+alt+t it has a ppid of 1 aka systemd
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 423059 ***
no do not think this is a duplicate
Why do you think this is a different issue? Does kglobalaccel not run as root in your setup?
It does look like the same thing to me too. Please re-test after you update to Frameworks 5.81, and re-open if it's still happens. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 423059 ***