Bug 385573

Summary: desktop-cubes do not start automatically
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: bodiro
Component: effects-variousAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.11.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
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Description bodiro 2017-10-11 06:49:29 UTC
Since 5.11 desktop-cubes have to be activated manually by ALT-Shift-F12 any time I start plasma.
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2017-10-11 15:02:13 UTC
What is "desktop-cubes"?
Comment 2 bodiro 2017-10-11 19:12:01 UTC
(In reply to Martin Flöser from comment #1)
> What is "desktop-cubes"?

What is in German "Arbeitsflächen-Würfel".
Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2017-10-12 04:11:38 UTC
Alt+shift+f12 is the shortcut to activate compositing. Not the desktop cube.
Comment 4 bodiro 2017-10-12 12:18:05 UTC
(In reply to Martin Flöser from comment #3)
> Alt+shift+f12 is the shortcut to activate compositing. Not the desktop cube.

I understand, but nevertheless: when I start plasma 5.11 changing workspaces is without any animation. Alt-shift-f12 activates it. I was used to have this feature activated by starting plasma. I do not understand, what could have changed. I updated my Neon from 5.10.5 to 5.11 and from the first start this new behaviour appeared. On my notebook everything went fine, by the way. I use amd-grafics on my desktop-pc.
Comment 5 bodiro 2017-10-12 12:33:48 UTC
"Compositing" put me on the trace :-)
The updating process must have deactivated "compositor active on startup". I found that now in systemsettings and acitvated it. It works as expected. Problem solved.
Thanks for caring!