Bug 394912

Summary:	Desktop background settings ignored
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Erik Quaeghebeur <bugs.kde.org>
Component:	Containment	Assignee:	Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.12.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Erik Quaeghebeur 2018-06-01 06:35:27 UTC

I'm using plasma 5.12.5 with frameworks 5.43.0 and applications 17.12.3 on Gentoo.

I have a different desktop color set for each activity. However, only the color of the first activity that is open after login is used, for all activities. In the desktop background settings the right color is listed, but it is ignored. Also, if I for example select an image as a wallpaper for the desktop, that is ignored as well.

The only clue there may be is from the logs:

jun 01 08:11:20 <hostname> kwin_x11[11010]: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 61470, resource id: 35651742, major code: 15 (QueryTree), minor code: 0
jun 01 08:11:05 <hostname> kwin_x11[11010]: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 58731, resource id: 27287579, major code: 14 (GetGeometry), minor code: 0
jun 01 08:11:05 <hostname> kwin_x11[11010]: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 58730, resource id: 27287579, major code: 3 (GetWindowAttributes), minor code: 0

However, this may well be a coincidence that these messages appear when I want to change the background. They also appear at other times.

Before the upgrade to 5.12.5 setting the background mostly worked (it was fickle when attaching external monitors, but that is a different issue).

Comment 1 Erik Quaeghebeur 2018-06-01 06:37:21 UTC

Downstream bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/656312

N.B.: The problem does not occur on every login, but it does for most.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-01-13 05:37:36 UTC

Is this still happening for you with Plasma 5.17 or git master?

Comment 3 Erik Quaeghebeur 2020-01-13 07:15:51 UTC

I have since stopped using activities, but from the resolution of the downstream bug, it appears that it was already fixed in 5.13. Sorry for not cleaning up this bug at that time.