122001 2006-02-15 04:56:22 +0000 desktop icons align to grid broken 2009-01-02 20:32:18 +0000 1 1 10 Unmaintained kdesktop general unspecified Fedora RPMs Linux CLOSED UNMAINTAINED NOR normal --- 1 aitrus72 mueller clive davide faure finex fuzz gilboad milkman mschiff naderrau rdieter 131 oldest_to_newest 414249 0 aitrus72 2006-02-15 04:56:23 +0000 Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux This seems to be a regression...the problem was fixed in 3.5 but broken again in 3.5.1. On my desktop, the "align to grid" option has no affect on icons whatsoever. They don't align, nor do they adjust when I drag them around. Please fix this, I like my desktop tidy! Thanks, --David 415418 1 ochnap2 2006-02-19 14:06:55 +0000 This happens to me too (using KDE 3.5.1 on debian/unstable). Even if "Align to Grid" is checked, each time I login they appear quite "unaligned". They are more o less in the place they should be, but not aligned at all. A momentary workaround is: 1- open the Configure Desktop dialog and go to the Behaviour tab. 2- uncheck "Show icons on desktop". 3- Click Apply. 4- Check again "Show icons on desktop". 5- Click Apply. and your icons will be correctly aligned... until you logout. 415760 2 rodsc 2006-02-20 12:15:56 +0000 The same problem here (KDE 3.5.1 on debian/unstable). Alignment doesn't work at all, unless you use the workaround proposed by Ernesto for the current session. 425931 3 esmithbss 2006-03-29 22:11:25 +0000 Similar problem here (FC5), but with a dual head system (ATI card and Drivers from livna) running Xinerama. Icons on Desktop 1 (the notebook's 1280x800 display) align properly and snap back in place when moved. Icons on Desktop 2 (separate 1280x1024 monitor) don't align or snap back when moved. Only when Ernesto's workaround is used do they align. 428732 4 X_X_L 2006-04-07 13:07:44 +0000 I can confirm the problem. Using dual head, the align to grid option doesn't work for desktop2. Running kde 3.5.2 on gentoo linux here. 429547 5 antonio.merker 2006-04-10 13:33:28 +0000 *** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. *** 433633 6 bugs.kde.org 2006-04-24 20:39:35 +0000 Confirmed in single head kde 3.5.2 on gentoo linux. 438121 7 naderrau 2006-05-11 18:59:37 +0000 Ditto for 3.5.2 on gentoo again, single-head. Ernesto's fix works too. 438832 8 black.mustang 2006-05-15 00:11:07 +0000 Same problem with 3.5.2 under ArchLinux. 439505 9 mark.wehner 2006-05-17 09:49:01 +0000 The bug seems in some way related to the config option UseXineramaScreen in ~/kde/share/config/kickerrc. If I set this to 0 the symbols are perfectly after restarting kde, but the option it changed back to -1, which messes up the order for the next restart. 440532 10 gilboad 2006-05-20 20:21:09 +0000 Same here. Problem only appears when xinerama is enabled. FC5/KDE 3.5.2/x86_64 based on kde-redhat's SRPMs. 440636 11 gilboad 2006-05-21 11:40:33 +0000 I've been able to reproduce this on Xinearama-less (single-head) KDE 3.5.2 machine. Ernesto (#2) solution seems to work just fine. 443961 12 xelfium 2006-06-03 15:21:52 +0000 Same problem with kde 3.5.2, debian testing: when I'm checking option Alihn to grid it takes no effect to desktop. 448476 13 xelfium 2006-06-21 13:37:39 +0000 Still have this problem after upgrading to 3.5.3 449006 14 mueller 2006-06-23 02:14:37 +0000 SVN commit 554047 by mueller: fix align-to-grid option which regressed due to the startup performance patches. BUG: 122001 BUG: 127672 BUG: 114766 BUG: 117952 M +9 -0 desktop.cc --- branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/kdesktop/desktop.cc #554046:554047 @@ -735,6 +735,15 @@ // hurra! kicker is alive if ( m_waitForKicker ) m_waitForKicker->stop(); + // -2: all screens + // -1: primary screen + // else: screen number + + if (screen <= -2) + screen = kdesktop_screen_number; + else if (screen == -1) + screen = kapp->desktop()->primaryScreen(); + if ( (screen == kdesktop_screen_number) && m_pIconView ) m_pIconView->updateWorkArea(area); } 449031 15 aitrus72 2006-06-23 07:39:53 +0000 Thank you very much for fixing this problem!!! :-) Dirk Mueller wrote: [bugs.kde.org quoted mail] 449062 16 xelfium 2006-06-23 10:31:19 +0000 Thanks, working fine! 449068 17 faure 2006-06-23 10:49:55 +0000 *** Bug 117550 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 449071 18 faure 2006-06-23 10:54:06 +0000 *** Bug 116341 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 449085 19 clive 2006-06-23 11:42:23 +0000 Verified that this resolves the issue for me on a twinview setup with Xinerama. Thankyou. 450262 20 davide 2006-06-28 12:43:12 +0000 I still have the same problem, even after patching sources. I'm running TwinView on Slackware current. 450263 21 davide 2006-06-28 12:44:57 +0000 I'm running KDE 3.5.3 456465 22 chnicola 2006-07-28 21:54:56 +0000 Still finding this problem on Kubuntu Dapper kdesktop --version Qt: 3.3.6 KDE: 3.5.3 KDesktop: 3.5.3 462301 23 xelfium 2006-08-22 12:34:44 +0000 Hm, sometimes, when I'm inserting DVD in the drive, the line "XineramaScreen=-1" is appearing in file ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc and function "Align to Grid" stops working. If I delete this line, it begins to work again. Why it is so? Kde 3.5.3, debian testing. 462303 24 xelfium 2006-08-22 12:36:57 +0000 I forget to say that I have only one display. 462701 25 aitrus72 2006-08-23 17:27:39 +0000 Thank you very much Alexander! You seem to have located the problem. I found the same line (XineramaScreen=-1), and after deleting it and issuing "dcop kicker kicker restart" the icons behave again! Incidentally, I also have only one screen and am not running xinerama. KDE Developers: this clue might make the problem easier to fix. 487117 26 heavymetal 2006-11-16 10:34:35 +0000 Is this supposed to be fixed in 3.5.5? If so, I suggest reopening this bug. I just installed 3.5.5 in hope that this annoying "align to grid" bug has been fixed, but I still experience problems in my xinerama setup even after wiping out my ~/.kde directory. I let the wizard create a clean configuration, but icons could only be placed and aligned on xinerama screen 1 (which is my right screen at 1024x768; my left screen is 1280x1024). When I disable "align to grid", I can move icons to screen 2, but as soon as I enable "align to grid", they jump back to screen 1. Sometimes enabling "align to grid" doesn't even work on screen 1. Moving the taskbar from screen 2 back to the default screen 1 also forces the icons back to screen 1 and makes "align to grid" work again (for screen 1 only). Pleeeeeaaaaase fix this. KDE is wonderful, but this one's just so annoying... 500531 27 jo 2007-01-11 13:53:18 +0000 This isn't fixed/broken again in kde 3.5.5 (Twinview, X86_64, openSUSE 10.1) $ kdesktop --version Qt: 3.3.7 KDE: 3.5.5 "release .2" KDesktop: 3.5.5 500936 28 jo 2007-01-12 21:09:23 +0000 This is definitly related to twinview (more than 1 X11 screen per display device) since the same sw release does work perfectly well when only one screen is configured. 505803 29 peppe 2007-02-01 21:04:13 +0000 Seems like this is quite not fixed;-) So I vote for a reopening of this one. Using debian testing/sid and twinview. peppe@hoth ~: kdesktop --version Qt: 3.3.7 KDE: 3.5.5 KDesktop: 3.5.5 505947 30 faure 2007-02-02 14:39:52 +0000 Reopening as requested 520796 31 emisca 2007-04-15 12:47:35 +0000 I can confirm this on debian etch 4.0 with kde 3.5.5 and Kubuntu Edgy with kde 3.5.6 and nvidia twinview. 520834 32 mschiff 2007-04-15 17:00:23 +0000 Lets hope for KDE4 as noone seems to be interested in fixing this mess in the 3.5 branch. 524232 33 martin 2007-05-05 20:25:43 +0000 I'm running here on Suse-9.3 with current KDE compiled from source (> 3.5.6) and here it works. I run my X server in Xinerama mode with 2 screens (left=1:1400x1050 and right=2:1280x1024) and can enable/disable aligning to grid without problems. Even moving kicker from one screen to the other does not force any Icons jump to the other screen. 524233 34 emisca 2007-05-05 20:36:10 +0000 The problem is that if you enable align to grid you can't place icons on one of the two screens.. Try that.. 541036 35 heavymetal 2007-08-15 18:10:44 +0000 Seems to be fixed in KDE 3.5.7, at least it's now working on my Gentoo system... 678803 36 finex 2008-12-10 02:07:15 +0000 Kdesktop is no more mantained. Fortunatly this bug seems not to be valid for KDE 4. Please reopen if this bug is not a kdesktop one (and it is not solved) or it can be reproduced on KDE 4. 692489 37 finex 2009-01-02 20:32:18 +0000 Bug closed. Kdesktop is no more mantained.