Bug 499842

Summary:	Xterm does not remember their virtual desktops on session restore
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Alexad <al.neodim>
Component:	Session Management	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer, m.kurz, natalie_clarius, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Alexad 2025-02-11 21:36:17 UTC

I've dual monitor setup with multiple virtual desktops. Before upgrading to Kubuntu 24.10 I had few xterm opened on different virtual desktops. They restored as usually in their place. Now, however, they are all crowded on first virtual desktop on screen 1.

It seems like ksmserver ignores `desktop*` values from `$HOME/.config/session/kwin_saved at previous logout_`.

Very easy steps to REPRODUCE:
1. Create second virtual desktop and switch to it
2. Run in console: /usr/bin/xterm -wf -fn 10 -fs 10 -T TestingKwin vim
3. Reboot/log-out and then log in

The xterm with vim will not restore into its original desktop.

It's another serious regression I face since  upgrade, please fix!

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2025-02-11 22:33:38 UTC

Thank you for the bug report!

However Plasma 6.1.5 is no longer eligible for support or maintenance from KDE; supported versions are 5.27. (LTS), and 6.2 (non-LTS) or newer. Please upgrade to a supported version as soon as your distribution makes it available to you. Plasma is a fast-moving project, and bugs in one version are often fixed in the next one.

If you need support for Plasma 6.1.5, please contact your distribution, who bears the responsibility of providing support for older releases that are no longer supported by KDE.

If you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to a supported version, feel free to re-open this bug report.

Comment 2 Alexad 2025-05-16 22:56:40 UTC

I've updated to Kubuntu 25.04  with Plasma 6.3.4 and the issue still persist. This should be reopened!

Btw, there is related issue that haven't been "resolved downstream": Bug 336990

Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-05-21 18:02:35 UTC

Hi - just checking, are you using a Wayland or X11 session?

Comment 4 Alexad 2025-05-22 15:32:08 UTC

(In reply to John Kizer from comment #3)
> Hi - just checking, are you using a Wayland or X11 session?

I'm using X11 (during login it says x11). I don't use wayland because of poor support for sessions.

Comment 5 John Kizer 2025-05-23 03:17:16 UTC

Thanks for confirming - that related issue covers the general situation of applications not restoring to the previous virtual desktop in X11, so I'm merging these together so the reports can be tracked together. Thanks!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 336990 ***

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2025-10-22 20:08:03 UTC

This specific case is covered by 15329. Once support is added to KWin, the app will need to set the necessary metadata for the session restore bits to work.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 15329 ***