How to switch user if the lock-screen?

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i have a system (Manjaro KDE, latest update Sep 28 2020) with multiple users. It is configured to screen-lock after some time of inactivity.

Scenario

  1. Now, when user A leaves the computer, the screen get locked, as it should, after a while.
  2. User B goes to the computer to do some work, but alas! They can’t log in, because there’s no such an option in the lock-screen!

Questions

  1. Am i missing something that is hidden somewhere in the screen?
  2. i have a vague recollection that it wasn’t always like that. That such an option existed in the past. Maybe not in Manjaro (i used several distributions and window managers).
  3. Am i the only one thinking it is a serious flaw?
  4. Is there any reasonable way to overcome this problem?

Thanks

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So you want to be able to switch user on the lock screen, but the option does not exist?

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Seems to be a bug/regression, see


https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67623
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423526

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I got the option back on my PBP yesterday, when updating to systemd 246.6-1.1. But the PKGBUILD does not seem to include anything related to it.

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Exactly.

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What’s PBP?

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PineBook Pro. That would be the ARM edition then.
On x86_64 and unstable I don’t see that option on my lock screen.

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Still no solution …?