23rd October 2016, 10:22
Following some hours more of online research today, looking for possible clues to this ongoing problem, i have some more questions pls:
1. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ge...?page=last --> did not initially seem relevant to MY problem [& i'm not even sure if it applies to Maui / Neon / Plasma 5.8.x at all], but i decided to examine the directory mentioned; /etc/sddm. There's only one file there; Xsession. I opened it in Kate, but it's far too complex for me to understand. Is there any possibility this file is not correctly accessed following a re-login, causing the kwallet password prompt & rejection? Or [more likely], is this an entirely irrelevant red herring?
2. https://nwrickert2.wordpress.com/2016/08.../#comments --> similar questions to above; i'm not sure if this is applicable & relevant to me.
3. I looked again at Plasma's KDE Wallet and Wallet Manager. The specific reason, throughout my thread here, for me alleging that kwallet is "broken" after logging out/in [but is instead perfectly fine after a cold start or a hot reboot], is that every time i start my Tower, or Resume it, or Reboot it, or Logout/In, the FIRST THING i then do is to activate my VPN, by clicking the Network Manager applet in the System Tray. Then, & only following the logout/in rather than any other start mode, it prompts me for my kwallet password [which should not occur, as it should have got this from my login], & then it rejects my inputted password.
Hence my next question: should i be surprised that Network Manager is not listed as one of the applications authorised to connect to my wallet? How can that be right? If it's not authorised, WHY do i even get prompted when i try to connect to the VPN after logout/in, & alternatively HOW could i have no problem activating my VPN via Network Manager from a cold-start, reboot, or resume?
Do you think it might be worthwhile me trying either of these: (a) delete the current wallet & create a new one? (b) create a second wallet alongside the current one?
I know this post is now tortuously long, & my thread is also complicatedly long, but here's another bit of info i've realised wrt this problem. When i do a reboot & then login, i hear the nice Maui musical chord signifying the startup. Conversely, after only a logout/in, there is NO music, & in fact the Audio Volume applet is frequently broken [its popup is blank]. Maybe therefore there is a much deeper problem, causing both of these faults?
1. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ge...?page=last --> did not initially seem relevant to MY problem [& i'm not even sure if it applies to Maui / Neon / Plasma 5.8.x at all], but i decided to examine the directory mentioned; /etc/sddm. There's only one file there; Xsession. I opened it in Kate, but it's far too complex for me to understand. Is there any possibility this file is not correctly accessed following a re-login, causing the kwallet password prompt & rejection? Or [more likely], is this an entirely irrelevant red herring?
2. https://nwrickert2.wordpress.com/2016/08.../#comments --> similar questions to above; i'm not sure if this is applicable & relevant to me.
3. I looked again at Plasma's KDE Wallet and Wallet Manager. The specific reason, throughout my thread here, for me alleging that kwallet is "broken" after logging out/in [but is instead perfectly fine after a cold start or a hot reboot], is that every time i start my Tower, or Resume it, or Reboot it, or Logout/In, the FIRST THING i then do is to activate my VPN, by clicking the Network Manager applet in the System Tray. Then, & only following the logout/in rather than any other start mode, it prompts me for my kwallet password [which should not occur, as it should have got this from my login], & then it rejects my inputted password.
Hence my next question: should i be surprised that Network Manager is not listed as one of the applications authorised to connect to my wallet? How can that be right? If it's not authorised, WHY do i even get prompted when i try to connect to the VPN after logout/in, & alternatively HOW could i have no problem activating my VPN via Network Manager from a cold-start, reboot, or resume?
Do you think it might be worthwhile me trying either of these: (a) delete the current wallet & create a new one? (b) create a second wallet alongside the current one?
I know this post is now tortuously long, & my thread is also complicatedly long, but here's another bit of info i've realised wrt this problem. When i do a reboot & then login, i hear the nice Maui musical chord signifying the startup. Conversely, after only a logout/in, there is NO music, & in fact the Audio Volume applet is frequently broken [its popup is blank]. Maybe therefore there is a much deeper problem, causing both of these faults?
