Bug 502075

Summary:	konsole --tabs-from-file window remains invisible / unmapped
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	Cyril42e <cyril42e>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Cyril42e 2025-03-27 15:26:43 UTC

SUMMARY

After switching from Fedora 38 to Fedora 40 (fresh install), I noticed that my automation running Konsole --tabs-from-file was not working anymore, i.e. the Konsole window appeared in the activity tab but there was no visible window per se on the screen.

After investigating a bit, I found that:
- 'xwininfo' shows that the window is unmapped (Map State: IsUnMapped)
- 'xdotool windowmap' fixes the issue and make it appear on the screen

Note that I am running Gnome desktop with Mutter and X11, not KDE.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create file /tmp/konsole-tab with a single line "title: Home ;; workdir:/home ;; command: /bin/zsh"
2. Run "konsole --tabs-from-file /tmp/konsole-tab"

OBSERVED RESULT

No window appears

EXPECTED RESULT

The konsole window appears

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux version : 6.13.7-100.fc40.x86_64
X.Org version: 1.20.14
Gnome version : 46.9
Mutter version : 46.8
Konsole version : 24.12.3
Qt version : 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-04-09 18:00:37 UTC

Hi - just to check:

* Does the Konsole window appear as normal without the --tabs-from-file option?
* Does the --tabs-from-file option work as expected in a Wayland session?

(Thinking this may be a recurrence of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488396 )

Thanks!

Comment 2 Cyril42e 2025-04-23 23:01:40 UTC

Hi, yes it works ok without --tabs-from-file, and in a Wayland I don't really know as it seems that I don't have it installed in my version of Fedora 40... However I was indeed using Wayland on my Fedora 38 (when I did not have the issue), and on my other laptop with Gentoo and X I have the similar issue https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488396, though it it is slightly different (the window appears a split second before disappearing, it sometimes works, and more importantly the window is not listed with wmctrl, contrary to this issue)