Hi there (i'm new here ),

I have a kde 4.1.2 running on my debian SID. My user have no password at all. I configured kdm so it will allow this user to loggin without password.
But when my son use my computer he create a new session.
This will lock my own session without a way to unlock. (obviously enough : this user have no password)

Is there a way to disable the lock on new session feature.

I check in the docs and googled but without succes, would you please complement my lossy search abilities :P

sebt3 wrote:
Is there a way to disable the lock on new session feature.

Hi. Welcome aboard!

I don't have a KDE 4.x machine running here to play with, but why don't you just add a simple password for your account? That should help until you find what you're really searching for...

HTH,

-JerryG

when it is locked does just pressing enter work? ( entering no password ) that is the behaviour i would expect. if that is not the case please file a bug on bugs.kde.org

JerryG wrote:Hi. Welcome aboard!

I don't have a KDE 4.x machine running here to play with, but why don't you just add a simple password for your account? That should help until you find what you're really searching for...

HTH,

-JerryG

I don't want that my account can connect from the outside with a password so this solution is a no go. But thanks for your welcome

bcooksley wrote:when it is locked does just pressing enter work? ( entering no password ) that is the behaviour i would expect. if that is not the case please file a bug on bugs.kde.org

I tryed obviouly and it don't work
I going to fill a bug report.
EDIT: done : http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174100

I just found out a workaround to this highly annoying problem. KDM has a control-program called kdmctl which you can use; from the command line you type:

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kdmctl reserve

and a new login session will appear without locking your current one.

To make it easier to use I created a shortcut: open the K-menu editor (right click the K-menu), create a new entry somewhere in which you enter the command "kdmctl reserve", select a cool icon (maybe even give it a name) and save. Then I added this launcher to my favourites so it's easy to get to.