I have a tri-monitor setup hooked up to an nVidia 1060 card. 1 x DVI-D, 2 x DP. I set the centre screen as the main screen, and have configured screens from left to right as: 1) Desktop mode 2) Folder View 3) Desktop mode. When I reboot / log out and return, the following config is applied: 1) Folder View 2) Desktop mode 3) Desktop mode If I change the settings around again, save my session and reboot, I always get the same settings back. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: See details. $ rpm -qa | grep plasma | sort kdeplasma-addons-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 kde-settings-plasma-24-7.fc24.noarch kf5-plasma-5.25.0-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-breeze-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-breeze-common-5.7.3-1.fc24.noarch plasma-desktop-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-desktop-doc-5.7.3-1.fc24.noarch plasma-discover-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-discover-libs-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-integration-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-milou-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-l2tp-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-openconnect-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-openswan-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-openvpn-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-pptp-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-vpnc-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-pa-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-pk-updates-0.2-9.20160307git7b484b0.fc24.x86_64 plasma-systemsettings-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-user-manager-5.7.3-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-common-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-drkonqi-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-libs-5.7.3-2.fc24.x86_64 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 3716 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40 Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at dc00 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia $ xrandr --current Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 5760 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767 DVI-D-0 connected primary 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 510mm x 290mm 1920x1080 60.00*+ 1680x1050 59.95 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1280x960 60.00 1152x864 75.00 1024x768 75.03 60.00 800x600 75.00 60.32 56.25 640x480 75.00 59.94 HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 510mm x 290mm 1920x1080 60.00*+ 1680x1050 59.95 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1280x960 60.00 1152x864 75.00 1024x768 75.03 60.00 800x600 75.00 60.32 56.25 640x480 75.00 59.94 DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-5 connected 1920x1080+3840+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 510mm x 290mm 1920x1080 60.00*+ 1680x1050 59.95 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1280x960 60.00 1152x864 75.00 1024x768 75.03 60.00 800x600 75.00 60.32 56.25 640x480 75.00 59.94
multiscreen management of plasmashell changed in 5.8, similar setups report this problem fixed in masterand 5.8 branch. Please reopen if the same problem happens in Plasma 5.8 or newer
Still seeing this with: $ rpm -qa | grep plasma | sort kdeplasma-addons-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 kde-settings-plasma-24-7.fc24.noarch kf5-plasma-5.26.0-1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-breeze-5.8.0-0.2.fc24.x86_64 plasma-breeze-common-5.8.0-0.2.fc24.noarch plasma-desktop-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-desktop-doc-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.noarch plasma-discover-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-discover-libs-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-integration-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-milou-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-l2tp-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-openconnect-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-openswan-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-openvpn-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-pptp-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-nm-vpnc-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-pa-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-pk-updates-0.2-9.20160307git7b484b0.fc24.x86_64 plasma-systemsettings-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-user-manager-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-common-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-drkonqi-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-geolocation-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-geolocation-libs-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64 plasma-workspace-libs-5.8.0-0.1.fc24.x86_64
For reference, packages obtained from this repo: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/kdesig/plasma-5-unstable/
To assist with debugging, I started again today with a fresh user account. I configured the screen on DVI-D port to be Folder View (the default) with columns instead of rows. I then set up the Left side screen (DP-1) to Desktop mode. Then the right side screen (DP-5) to Desktop mode. Rebooted, then logged back in again. DP-1 & DP-5 are now back to the default Folder View with Rows.
Looks like this is reported fixed with commit from https://phabricator.kde.org/D2966
For the record, this is fixed in the Fedora COPR versions: $ rpm -qa | grep plasma-desktop | sort plasma-desktop-5.8.0-0.4.fc24.x86_64 plasma-desktop-doc-5.8.0-0.4.fc24.noarch