Bug 285253

Summary: Plasma desktop grid broken when dual screen is enabled
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Donatas Glodenis <dg>
Component: groupingdesktopAssignee: Giulio Camuffo <giuliocamuffo>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: maciekmal
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Donatas Glodenis 2011-10-29 13:13:43 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.7.2) 
OS:                Linux

When I enable second screen (x-video) on the left of the main screen, the widgets slide right and I do not see most of them on the main screen. If I do the same but place the second monitor on top of the first, I see no widgets on the main screen altogether. Everything seems to be fine in case of placing second screen to the right or below the first screen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In the examples below, the main screen has green desktop background, the secondary – blue.

Attach x-video cable and run in console: 

## to get widgets partly visible
xrandr --output 'LVDS1' --primary --mode 1280x800 \
 --output 'TV1' --mode 1024x768 --left-of LVDS1
## result: http://wstaw.org/m/2011/10/29/web_grid-desktop-left.png

## to get widgets fully invisible
xrandr --output 'LVDS1' --primary --mode 1280x800 \
 --output 'TV1' --mode 1024x768 --above LVDS1
# result: http://wstaw.org/m/2011/10/29/web_grid-desktop-above.png

## to get normal view:
xrandr --output 'LVDS1' --primary --mode 1280x800 \
 --output 'TV1' --mode 1024x768 --right-of LVDS1
# result: http://wstaw.org/m/2011/10/29/web_grid-desktop-right.png
## or
xrandr --output 'LVDS1' --primary --mode 1280x800 \
 --output 'TV1' --mode 1024x768 --below LVDS1
# result: http://wstaw.org/m/2011/10/29/web_grid-desktop-below.png

Actual Results:  
In case of options "--left-of LVDS1" and "--above LVDS1" you will see a disfigured desktop – either part of the main screen or the whole of it is not covered with grid. 

Expected Results:  
The normal operation should be the same as it is in case "--right-of LVDS1" and "--below LVDS1" – the widgets should not move anywhere from the main screen, and the grid should cover all the screen.

Video card: Intel(R) 945GM, driver: intel
Comment 1 Donatas Glodenis 2011-10-29 13:19:34 UTC
it could be related to bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267950 but I was nor sure when filing it.
Comment 2 Aaron J. Seigo 2011-11-22 17:35:35 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 267950 ***