Bug 247871

Summary: Analog clock widget disappear from desktop
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Ruchir Brahmbhatt <ruchir.brahmbhatt>
Component: widget-clockAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: asraniel, emondi, heri+kde, hr.denzler, leszek.lesner, linux.nerdy.kid, toddrme2178
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Invisible analog clock
KDE: 4.5.80 (4.6 Beta1) still broken (Nvidia Twinview)
Clock bug in 4.6 RC 1
Correct clock

Description Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2010-08-14 19:06:15 UTC
Created attachment 50555 [details]
Invisible analog clock

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.0) 
OS:                Linux

Qt: 4.6.3
KDE Development Platform: 4.5.00 (KDE 4.5.0)
Plasma Workspace: 0.3
OS: opensuse 11.3 x86_64

I have analog clock widget on desktop. Sometimes on login, analog clock disappears. However it shows clock hands and also if we click on blank area where analog clock was, it also shows calendar. 
I've attached screenshot showing clock hands, invisible lock(how can I show invisible clock :D) and calendar when clicking in clock are.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add analog clock widget to desktop.
2. Check it's status on reboot/login cycles.

Actual Results:  
Sometimes analog clock disappears, showing just clock hand(s). Clicking on clock area shows calendar though.

Expected Results:  
Analog  clock should be always visible once added on desktop.
Comment 1 Dennis Schridde 2010-09-05 17:13:45 UTC
Confirming this for a clock on the screensaver.
Comment 2 Dennis Schridde 2010-09-05 17:17:46 UTC
Confirming this for a clock on the screensaver.
Most of the time the clock is not visible, only the ends of the hands are visible in a very broken way (cut off, or even reversed). Because this is on the screensaver page I cannot provide a screenshot (unless someone tells me how to do it).
I have setup KDM to autologin and immediately lock the screen. If I wait for plasma/screensaver to load/initialise/show, before providing my password, I can usually see the clock as it should be. However, the next time the screensaver shows, the clock will be "gone".
Comment 3 Dennis Schridde 2010-09-05 17:20:06 UTC
P.S: Intel graphics card, kwin compositing disabled, package from Kubuntu 10.04 Backports: 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa2
Comment 4 Dennis Schridde 2010-09-05 17:22:16 UTC
P.P.S: The same can be confirmed for an analogue clock on screensaver when using Gentoo/Linux and KDE 4.5.1 and an Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS graphics card / nvidia-drivers.
Comment 5 Leszek Lesner 2010-10-21 12:03:06 UTC
I confirm this for KDE 4.4.5 on Debian Testing. 
I have locked plasmoids perhaps it has something to do with this !? 
Kwin Effects are off.
Comment 6 Beat Wolf 2010-10-21 12:15:23 UTC
*** Bug 254854 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Dennis Schridde 2010-10-22 09:28:04 UTC
Confirming this for x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-0.0.16_pre20100819 and kde-4.5.2 with s/w OpenGL rasterizer (-> disabled compositing), too.
Comment 8 Eugenio Mondini 2010-11-14 19:21:31 UTC
Even though I'm still with KDE SC 4.4.5 on debian I think I can add some information.
In my case is reproducible always if I log in and plasma-desktop starts the session in the activity where the analog clock is not placed, but if it starts in the activity where the clock is, it looks correct. The same happens if I do kquitapp plasma-desktop && plasma-desktop
Comment 9 Hans-Rudi Denzler 2010-12-04 14:13:34 UTC
Created attachment 54078 [details]
KDE: 4.5.80 (4.6 Beta1) still broken (Nvidia Twinview)

How to fix:
1. move broken clock from left screen to right screen
2. move redrawn clock back to left screen.
Comment 10 Todd 2010-12-16 19:54:38 UTC
Sill a problem for KDE 4.6 beta 2.
Comment 11 Todd 2011-01-03 20:21:16 UTC
Created attachment 55535 [details]
Clock bug in 4.6 RC 1

Here is a picture of how the problem appears in 4.6 RC 1
Comment 12 Todd 2011-01-03 20:22:12 UTC
Created attachment 55536 [details]
Correct clock

What the clock should look like
Comment 13 Jesse Milette 2011-01-08 16:31:05 UTC
happens to me too, resizing the clock fixes it for that login at least.
Comment 14 Hans-Rudi Denzler 2011-02-03 11:52:48 UTC
Seems to be solved in 4.6.0.
Comment 15 Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2011-02-03 11:54:33 UTC
Yes appears to be fixed in 4.6.0 so closing.