User cannot unlock Plasma 4.5 live environment if it locks

[TraceyC77]

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Summary

If a system is booted into the Plasma 4.5 live environment, and it locks, it is not possible to unlock with the lock screen

Steps to reproduce

1. Boot a system / VM with the Plasma 4.5 ISO (problem exists as of snapshot 2024-02-18)
2. Wait for VM to lock automatically
3. Attempt to unlock

Expected result

The user can unlock the session with no password

Actual result

The user cannot unlock the session with a blank password or "live"

Environment

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Repo

Shannon (stable)

Desktop Environment

Plasma

System details

Plasma live ISO 2024-02-18

Other comments

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[sheepman4267]

A workaround (work in progress) is something like this:

1. Switch to a TTY with ctrl+alt+f4.
2. Log in as user live with a blank password.
3. Run loginctl list-sessions and note the first session number (probably 1 or 2).
4. Run loginctl unlock-session <number>.
5. Switch back to the previously-locked session, which is probably on TTY 1 (ctrl+alt+f1). Your live session should now be unlocked. If not, go back to your troubleshooting TTY and unlock a different session.

[TraceyC77]

That works By default, Plasma uses ctrl+alt+F2 for the GUI

[sheepman4267]

Interesting. On my installed system, TTY 2 is SDDM while TTY 1 is my session. Maybe this is a Wayland session thing.

[ermo]

@ReillyBrogan Assigning this to you in the vain hope that you might be able to figure it out.

[joebonrichie]

Should be fixed as of https://github.com/getsolus/plasma-desktop-branding/commit/2fad986b414a0e0f2127b7bec4a3cfc454ae3df0