#970515 kde-plasma-desktop: Can't switch user in current session

Package:
kde-plasma-desktop
Source:
meta-kde
Description:
KDE Plasma Desktop and minimal set of applications
Submitter:
Max Hofer
Date:
2020-11-15 07:36:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#970515#5
Date:
2020-09-17 19:54:50 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

until a couple weeks ago I could switch from the current KDE session to another
user by using a button 'Switch user', which would open a new X session, without
destroying my original KDE session I was on.

I belive (not sure) since the upgrade from 5:105 -> 5:106 this button disapeared.

To switch the user I have to leave the current session (logout).

Searching the intenet I found similar bugreport from other Linux distrubutions
(https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/i94khf/suddenly_missing_switch_user_button/).

I seems there is a bug report in upstream: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423526
#970515#10
Date:
2020-09-30 21:03:46 UTC
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To:
Hi,

seems to be releated/fixed with this upstream bug report:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423526

Regards
#970515#15
Date:
2020-11-15 07:26:51 UTC
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To:
Not fixed on Debian testing with Plasma 5.19.5-4

The upsteam bug report mentioned above has not resolved the issue yet: the
latest comment from 2020-11-05 20:33:37 UTC still discusses a possible
solution.
Additionally a question for backporting was left unanswered, bug fixing
concentrates on the branch Plasma/5.20. So, there is no fix even on the newest
version, hence no backport to this bug's version.