Version: (using KDE 4.1.4) OS: Linux Installed from: Fedora RPMs If you resize for the first time Konsole, it then starts at random geometry. How to reproduce: 1. Ensure that no Konsole are running 2. Remove all Width and Height keywords from .kde/share/config/konsolerc MainWindow section 2. Start Konsole 3. Start more Konsole 4. All start at the default (80x36) for my 1280x1024 resolution: [MainWindow] Height 1024=646 Width 1280=657 5. Close all Konsole except one 6. Resize it (80x54 for my preference; just to get 80 columns and occupy the whole height without overlapping the kde taskbar) 7. New values in .kde/share/config/konsolerc now are: [MainWindow] Height 1024=1025 Width 1280=658 8. Try to start another konsole 9. Result: You get konsole of 156x21 or 77x54 without any particular order and never the desired saved 80x54 I've tried --geometry option to no avail. This is a very irritating behaviour and I haven't found any workaround. Maybe if I resize to something less than 80x54 it may work, but I really like this geometry.
The same behaviour has been spotted on my second computer having the same resolution 1280x1024.
I've upgraded to KDE 4.2 and the same problem exists with a small difference. No more 156x21 konsole start. Only 77x54 and konsolerc reports the same values.
It was solved in KDE 4.2.1. Konsole now correctly starts at 80x54 and no more funny geometries at startup.