Bug 492402

Summary:	desktop icons are being shuffled around from time to time
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Martin Senftleben <linux>
Component:	Folder	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	akselmo, aleixpol, hein, kde, nate, notmart
Priority:	NOR
Version:	6.0.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494353
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	6.3.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Martin Senftleben 2024-08-30 09:49:31 UTC

SUMMARY
Either after putting the PC to sleep or after restarting, the desktop icons are reordered in a new fashion. This doesn't happen all the time, it's a random thing, but it happens quite often.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have a number of desktop icons on the desktop, place them according to your liking (i.e. don't leave them at default positions)
2. put the PC to sleep (standby-mode)
3. turn it back on

OBSERVED RESULT

The desktop icons are put at the top of the screen in alphabetical order, as if the PC has started completely fresh (= first start after OS installation)

EXPECTED RESULT

The desktop icons are at the same place where I put them before I put the PC to sleep.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.6.46-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7B79
System Version: 1.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

As said, the observed behaviour is random. I also had it that after another restart suddenly the icons were again were I wanted them to be, after they had been placed at the top frame in alphabetical order.
I am not sure if this belongs to plasma-wayland-protocols, but I don't have this problem using X, so I strongly suspect it be related to Wayland. And I searched but didn't find any similar bug report.

Comment 1 Akseli Lahtinen 2024-08-30 12:03:33 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 492003 ***

Comment 2 Martin Senftleben 2024-08-30 15:21:30 UTC

Probably it doesn't make much sense to comment, but I doubt if this is just a duplicate of the mentioned bug. There it happens under X11, here it happens under Wayland. There it is NVidia, here it is Radeon. Besides, what the other user reports seems to be totally different from what I am reporting. I don't have flicker or stripes or the like. And I never have seen a scroll bar.

I have two additional observations to report relating to my issue:
1. This occurred first time after I had installed a monitor with a higher resolution: until then it was 1920x1080, now it is 3840x2160.
2. It happens also if the monitor is darkened for power saving, without setting the PC into standby modus.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-10-22 19:19:07 UTC

Is it still happening in Plasma 6.2.1.1 after you move an icon from one place to another to force the configs to save again?

If so, please comment on your number of monitors. If it's more than one, please try again with only one monitor as well.

Thanks!

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-10-22 19:55:33 UTC

Oh and one more question, if you don't mind:

For the monitor where you can reproduce the issue, how is it connected?

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2024-11-06 03:46:39 UTC

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Comment 6 Martin Senftleben 2024-11-13 16:09:53 UTC

Sorry for not replying earlier.

It still happens under the following system:
Operating System: Manjaro Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7B79
System Version: 1.0

I have only one monitor connected, and it is connected via HDMI

Comment 7 Nate Graham 2024-11-13 16:21:39 UTC

Thanks. This is very likely fixed by https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/cc44615b34dacc2a4acfdc82de885c943318a7f6 for Plasma 6.3.0, where we made this an area of focus. Closing for now, but feel free to re-open this bug report if you find it's not fixed in Plasma 6.3.0 once it's released and you're using it.

Thanks!