Bug 483770

Summary: Icons position on the desktop get scrambled with multimonitor
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: QuarkZ <quarkz26>
Component: ContainmentAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: katonag, kdedev, notmart
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.0.2   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description QuarkZ 2024-03-16 15:22:36 UTC 
SUMMARY
Icons position on the desktop get reset whenever one monitor gets disconnected.

I have 2 monitors, both same resolution and refresh rate (2560x1440, 120Hz). One on the left is primary. Using X11

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Shut off the left monitor after placing icons on the desktop a certain way. Primary monitor switches and icons stay in place.
2. Turn the monitor back on

OBSERVED RESULT
The icons are reset and arranged as per the menu, in my case, left to right. And even though they are supposed to be unsorted, they are alphabetically sorted.

EXPECTED RESULT
Icons should stay as they were placed

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I've used both scripts and Display Configuration. When using DC, I can see that the 2 monitors seem to "merge" for a short moment (as if they're both at the same position), before going back to whatever i setup.
For example, I disable the monitor, enable it, put the left monitor position 0,0, primary, the right one is at position 2560,0. After clicking apply, the monitors flash, both show at 0,0, icons get scrambled, position is restored as per the settings.
Using both xrandr or kscreen-doctor in a script will result in the same bug.

Additionally,
Comment 1 Gábor Katona 2024-03-26 14:35:50 UTC 
I have the same problem with openSUSE Tumbleweed, KDE 6.0.2.

This was a log staying problem with KDE 5 but it was mostly solved for the last half year or so. But now it seems back to the starting point. 

Additionally there are bugs in multi-monitor handling which were already solved in KDE5, and also new ones. I will report these separately.
Comment 2 TraceyC 2024-08-01 00:30:23 UTC 
There are multiple bugs describing the same or similar behavior for icon positioning on the desktop not being saved. I'm using 468546 as the main one.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 468546 ***