Version: (using KDE Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources Compiler: gcc-3.4.6 OS: Linux With KDE-3.5.6 release kopete's message ballons are not working (only kopete's icon rotating when message comes) and also a tiny software called knazar [1] which uses kopete's ballon code can't show the them. Just upgrading kdenetwork over 3.5.5 didn't trigger that bug but upgrading with kdebase causes failure. So i assume its a kicker issue. [1] http://svn.pardus.org.tr/uludag/trunk/knazar/
I've had several kde-3.5.6 test users report the same thing.
Might be related: on a dual-screen xinerama setup, the balloon, as well as Amarok's tooltip, get displayed on the screen number 2 (while kicker is on screen number 1), at the correct x/y position. I admit I'm using seli's xinerama patches though this wasn't happening with 3.5.5 and seli's patches.
Without dual-screen setup amarok behaves same for me, no tooltip at all
I can't reproduce this with kdenetwork-3.5.6 on kdebase-3.5.5 either. I'd look at kwin first, since the tray icon is not running inside kicker but is owned by kopete and just embedded in kicker - especially if amarok's OSD isn't showing either. (No xinerama, xgl, or other funkiness here)
Negative, it's not KWin the problem, tried downgrading it to 3.5.5 and the problem persists. Also, it's not Amarok's OSD the problem, it's Amarok's tooltip, that should also take its position from the icon in kicker's tray area.
It would be nice to know if all of us are using seli's patches or not, at least Gentoo and Pardus are using them.
Patches from http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/xinerama/ that is, also KUbuntu uses them afaik.
I confirm, no balloon notification and no amarok tooltip here either, since I upgraded to 3.5.6.
I'd propose to change the summary to something like "Misplaced graphical elements for tray icons with KDE 3.5.6", as it's not limited to Kopete's balloon.
r626522 (kdelibs). Keeping open because at least the bounds checking of the screen area is broken. Also the mapping of the systray position to global coordinates is wrong, but I guess that has to stay for KDE3.
And this is no bloody kwin bug.
In my case the balloon appears seldom but not never. I haven't been able to discover any specific pattern of behaviour. I have a bottom screen panel with the systray to the left, built yesterday from kdesvn-build with qt-copy on a gentoo system with nvidia drivers.
I did several tests today to try to figure out where is the problem exactly... I use a Kubuntu feisty box. I use kde 3.5.6 but with kwin, kopete and kicker 3.5.5 -> the problem occurs. I used kde 3.5.5 and installed kopete 3.5.6, no issue, then I installed kwin 3.5.6, the problem appeared... Those two tests have completly illogic result, but that's it... I hope that helps.
The bug was probably fixed with the two last commits here: http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/3.5/kdelibs/kdeui/qxembed.cpp?rev=626568&r1=626568&view=log
closing as fixed.