Kde-Plasma

I ran into a small but surprisingly annoying problem with the KDE Plasma lock screen and the fingerprint reader on my ThinkPad. After opening the laptop, KDE would show the usual lock screen with the wallpaper and clock. Nothing unusual here. The problem was that the password field wouldn’t appear until I pressed a key or moved the mouse. That also meant the fingerprint reader wasn’t listening yet. So instead of: ...

I use both Russian and English keyboard layouts on my laptop, and usually don’t think about which one is active. Until I unlock the laptop. The KDE Plasma lock screen inherits the last active keyboard layout from the session. So if I was writing something in Russian before closing the lid, I can open the laptop the next morning, put my password in and got locked laptop for a couple of seconds. ...