Bug 384509

Summary:	"Active screen follows mouse" often doesn't work
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.10.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Christian Muehlhaeuser 2017-09-08 22:41:47 UTC

While it works for most newly opened windows, often times new windows simply pop up on the left-most of my monitors. This is my TV and usually turned off.

Typical examples for windows that I find getting "dumped" there: Falkon's download window, dialogs & tool-windows.

This is a fairly annoying bug, since I often have to just turn on my TV just to retrieve the missing windows.

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2017-09-09 07:08:00 UTC

please use xprop and xwininfo on affected windows. I bet they specify a user defined position.

Comment 2 Christian Muehlhaeuser 2017-09-09 23:37:04 UTC

I indeed see a user specified location. Guess I need to file a bug against Falkon here. Thanks for helping me debug this!

Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2017-09-10 07:19:48 UTC

So (as expected) not a bug in KWin.