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luser

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Registered: 2016-08-27

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Why can't I log into Plasma twice with the same user

I've decided to refocus the question as suggested.

I can log into the same user account using Plasma for the first session and Fluxbox for the second one, but if I try to do that with two plasma sessions, the second one just results in a mouse cursor on a black screen.

Where should I be looking for what's causing this?

Last edited by luser (2017-12-22 20:14:11)

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ngoonee

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Re: Why can't I log into Plasma twice with the same user

Sounds like an XY problem. Why don't SDDM/KDE play well with multiple logins? Do you have something in .profile or similar which causes problems?

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luser

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Registered: 2016-08-27

Posts: 115

Re: Why can't I log into Plasma twice with the same user

Do you have something in .profile or similar which causes problems?

I'm not sure what you mean by .profile, but, in case it helps, this is my .bash_profile;

#
# ~/.bash_profile
#

[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc

I can post a journalctl -xe or whatever is required. Just let me know what I should be looking at and what you want to see.

I've been able to install fluxbox and log into the same user account with both plasma and fluxbox, and I've been able to switch between the two using CTRL-ALT-F1 and CTRL-ALT-F2. However, when I try to start a second session for the same user ID using Plasma for both sessions, the second session results in a black screen with a mouse cursor and nothing else.

Last edited by luser (2017-12-22 20:13:32)

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