A bug I can reproduce
This is how I did it
Using latest build
In gnome set auto login
Restart to check it works
Logout
Login using kde
Lock screen ( important part, make tea/ coffee )
Try to unlock screen with login password
This fails even though you have made it visible and checked.
Click the switch session button
Click your user name
And you it automatically logs you in your gnome session without password
Thanks
My first thought is that the auto login would need to be established for the KDE session within the KDE session. The default installed DE is Gnome and it’s my belief that when autologin is setup for Gnome is would absolutely not be shared with KDE.
Beyond that, I’m a Clear Linux newb and won’t be too much more help. But I do have experience in KDE and Gnome. Before plasma, KDE was my favorite DE.
Yes I will log back in to gnome later and turn off auto login
But it is interesting that after locking the screen in kde that you can unlock again by switching sessions
Ian, I think that’s classic multi user environment. You’re simply accessing it from the same terminal. When you leave, you lock that session but the computer goes on. A linux OS is a lot more like what people think of when they say “server”.
My laptop is probably 30 times more of a computer than our server was when I was in college in the 90s. Back then, my 486SX-25 really was a personal computer! 
Are you still using GDM, or is GDM.service still running?
Well I log out of gnome
Not checked to see if the service is still running
What would be a good way to check ?
My guess is gdm is still running, which is different from desktop environment such as gnome or kde.
Run systemctl status gdm to check whether this is still running.
Yes GDM is still running
Now I have sorted one issue
Logged back into Gnome, and switch off the auto login for my account
So that now stops the autologin when at the locked screen
But I am still having issues of not being able to login from the locked screen KDE
Even though I am typing the correct details
Would gdm still be stopping this ?
Thanks
Default login manager of KDE is sddm, try that.
And I suppose you already disabled gdm.service
I believe I have will check again once in front of the computer
So what would be the best way to disable GDM?
As I am using sddm and kde ?
Thanks
systemctl disable gdm
Right I will try this when I get home
Been away for a few days
Thank you doctorhu
Also, systemctl status sddm.service to check whether it’s enabled and running. If not then enable and start it.
Confirmed that gdm is not running
Let’s see if I get locked out now
Thanks everyone
Will message back soon
Confirming I am still being locked out on the kde session screen
Just will not accept the correct password
And even starting a new sessions logs me in
But kde desktop does not load
Just a black screen
What do you mean by just a black screen? Have you started sddm service?
Hi Doctorhu
Once I started a new session as that was my the only way for my password to be accepted
Black screen, sorry not very descriptive
Kde desktop or taskbar do not load
But the apps I have in autostart load up
But once closed I have no options to do anything
As have no menus or icons
But I can see the mouse icon
Only way to log back in is to restart the pc and log in from fresh
At the moment I have turned off screen lock
But not that’s not an ideal situation
Even after a manual screen lock I can’t get back in
Report this to GitHub issue then.
Ok I will raise it there
Thank you