Hi,
> Yes, switching init in Debian is difficult. However, if you persist,
> it should work out -- you will be able to reinstall plasma-workspace
> on top of libpam-elogind once systemd is removed.

Ahhh... I managed to reproduce the behavior on Bullseye as well. Thanks
for helping. Here is the report:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991439

Regards,

Hannah