Not able to leave or switch apps

[bobjrsenior]

This seems like a dumb question but I haven't figured out how to switch/exit apps or go back to the home screen after opening one. I'm using the default operating system and have applied updates with pacman.

Example:
1. Boot Phone
2. Login
3. Open Settings
4. I can't leave settings

I can lock my phone, restart, or shutdown but that doesn't resolve the issue. Am I missing something? I've tried various gestures and I don't have a back/home button at the bottom of the screen.

[arzach]

It's definitely not a dumb question. 

My solution has been to ssh into the phone from my laptop, use ps to find the settings process, and then kill it.  The ps I use is
ps -ae | grep settings
This will show the process number for settings, e.g. 1234.  Then use kill on it like this
kill 1234

edit: be sure you've got the phone's wifi turned on!!

rz

[bobjrsenior]

It's definitely not a dumb question. 

My solution has been to ssh into the phone from my laptop, use ps to find the settings process, and then kill it.  The ps I use is
ps -ae | grep settings
This will show the process number for settings, e.g. 1234.  Then use kill on it like this
kill 1234

rz

Using ssh to do it isn't ideal but that does give me a solution other than restarting. Thanks for the help.

I'm thinking of trying another distro/GUI when my MicroSD card comes in as well. The Phosh GUI seem to have a little bottom arrow to leave apps.

[bcnaz]

Did you try tapping the upper left corner of your screen ?

[magdesign]

Guess you are using Manjaro with KDE Plasma Mobile on PinephonePro ?!

Its not an issue, its a redesign of the handling:

see here: https://plasma-mobile.org/2022/02/09/pla...ear-22-02/
under Task Switcher & Navigation Panel

https://plasma-mobile.org/2022/02/09/pla...stures.mp4


Edit1:
To be honest, it does not work here too... lets check if there is already an issue open...
I think this merge caused all the trouble: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-mob...quests/220

Edit2:
Here its happening on the dev branch, on stable branch only when in convergence mode.

[bobjrsenior]

Did you try tapping the upper left corner of your screen ?

I tried every corner. I also tried swiping in from every side.

Guess you are using Manjaro with KDE Plasma Mobile on PinephonePro ?!

Its not an issue, its a redesign of the handling:

see here: https://plasma-mobile.org/2022/02/09/pla...ear-22-02/
under Task Switcher & Navigation Panel

https://plasma-mobile.org/2022/02/09/pla...stures.mp4


Edit:
To be honest, it does not work here too... lets check if there is already an issue open...
I think this merge caused all the trouble: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-mob...quests/220

Yes, Manjaro with KDE Plasma. I'm just using the default that the Pro comes with at the moment but I should have specified.
Thanks for the link/mp4, that helps me with whats intended. Also, I somehow didn't think of going to the Plasma site when troubleshooting myself. I'll remember that.

Good to know it's not just me and thanks for finding that merge. I'll check through to double check no ones made a new issue for it then make one myself.

---

I created Issue 180 [navigationpanel] Swipe Gesture Navigation not working on the Plasma Mobile issue tracker.

I'll make sure to update here/resolve the thread if there's a solution/workaround posted there.

[bobjrsenior]

The fix turned out to be as simple as resetting the shell settings and then restarting. I followed the short steps here. I'm pretty sure I didn't mess with any setting before seeing the issue but I'm glad it works now and the dev was helpful in troubleshooting.

Now I can leave, close, and switch apps without issue.

[magdesign]

Thanks, but this did not fix it for me.

Experimenting with convergence mode, after plugging the usb-c to hdmi adaptor and removing it, the "Navigation Panel" is gone.
Would be nice to know how to trigger it via command line....

(I'd like to know all commands on how to trigger kde stuff via command line, its so hard to find info about this...)