Bug 210054

Summary: some desktops settings won't be restored after restarting KDE
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Pal Körössy <korossy>
Component: wallpaper-imageAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: asraniel, bobcollard, genlinux, kollix, thelwyn
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Pal Körössy 2009-10-10 11:37:52 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

I'm using different activity for each desktop. All the 4 desktops have been  configured as a folder view type with slideshow for the background.
After restarting KDE on 2 or 3 out of the 4 desktops don't appear any background picture, they remain just simple light blue color. If I go and check the desktop settings in Folder view settings/Appearance, they seem to be unchanged, I can even reactivate the slideshow by just modifying the image changing interval and then applying it.
I'm using OpenSUSE 11.1 x86_64 with KDE 4.3.2
Comment 1 Kolia 2009-11-18 18:36:03 UTC
Same exact problem than Paul with KDE4.3.3 except that I used customized wallpapers (that is, not the default KDE wallpapers, but my own pictures) for background of my various virtual desktop instead of slideshow. I have also 1 activity by desktop.

Like him after restarting I get blue background everywhere I set a personal wallpaper. On a desktop where i have the default wallpaper, it's ok.
Then If I go to "desktop settings" on a faulty desktop, i can see that the wallpaper is yet remembered and if I click "OK" it reappears.

According to this thread: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=83853&p=137714#p137714 at least 2 more people incounter the same bug.

Thanks,
Kolia
Comment 2 Robert Collard 2009-11-18 18:50:33 UTC
Same problem, three out of four will be blue at startup.  I have two systems on my computer, both with the same bug: Ubuntu 9.10, Dell_X02 with Kubuntu-Desktop KDE 4.3.3 and Linux Mint 8 Helena, with Kubuntu-Desktop KDE 4.3.3.
Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop, Intel Duo T3400 CPUs @2.16Ghz 3GB RAM.
Comment 3 Martin Koller 2009-11-18 20:52:58 UTC
I'm running KDE4.3.3 and have 10 virtual desktops, each having 1 activity and each having a different wallpaper.
After re-login, some of the wallpapers appear on the wrong desktop. So it seems the order or something is mixed up.
Comment 4 Gerard82 2009-12-04 13:55:13 UTC
I use kde-4.3.4 and I'm having the same problem.
I have 6 desktops each with a different activity.
They wander around,the don't stay on the same number.
Gerard.
Comment 5 Beat Wolf 2009-12-17 11:43:05 UTC
there are multiple bugs reported in that report. but the basic bug is the same as 198681

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 198681 ***
Comment 6 Gerard82 2009-12-17 11:52:07 UTC
I upgraded kwin to 4.3.4-r1 (Gentoo nomenclature) and this resolved the problem.
There still are some minor problems with desktop icons though.
Activities and wallpapers stay put now.
Thanks to the devs.
Gerard.