see summary Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.open Desktop Settings 2.change layout to Folder View 3.or change Wallpaper Positioning to smth different 4.logout Actual Results: Desktop Settings is on it's defaults Fresh neon-useredition-20161004-1607-amd64 installation
confirmed as having the issue here
confirmed on Debian Testing. For me also desktop widgets are not displayed any more after logout, login.
It works for me now as it should with Plasma 5.8.2. Thanks!
I have 3 monitor setup and one of my monitors is constantly being reset to default settings. Also I need to reboot plasma via "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" after login to make it correctly setup primary display - my primary display is always the one on the left rather the one I want - center. Bug is not fixed on Plasma 5.8.2
I can confirl this bug on Plasma 5.8.3 on the radeon free driver (Arch Linux).
So... I've done some testing/observations on ".config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc" file. I've created a simple reader for that file which creates JSON data from it's contents and I've noticed that after each reboot plasma adds a new 'Containment' to that config. Situation changes after calling "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" which I'm using to sanitize plasma. After first call after reboot Plasma adds another Containment in that config. After second call Plasma removes two Containments from that config. And here is what is odd - Plasma removes not those two newly created Containments but rather two previous (leaving newest one). Numbers will be easier: I've got few Containments and highest number is 61 FULL REBOOT Plasma adds Containment 62 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" Plasma adds Containment 63 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" Plasma removes Containment 61 & 62 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" * N Situation is stable - no changes to configuration file FULL REBOOT Plasma adds Containment 64 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" Plasma adds Containment 65 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" Plasma removes Containment 63 & 64 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" * N Situation is stable - no changes to configuration file This situation is under 3 monitor setup.
When I'm not docked (no external monitors attached) nothing happens to config file after full reboot or plasmashell restart. However: When i docked plasma created new Containment - 66 Desktop was a mess so "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" Plasma removed Containment 65 "kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell" * N Situation is stable - no changes to configuration file
I can confirm that weird behavior on Fedora 25 / Plasma 5.8.3 / Intel IGC Dual monitor setup.
For me this problem got fixed with upgrading to plasma 5.8.4
Plasma 5.8.4 fixed it for me too.
Same here - 5.8.4 fixes the problem.
I'm still having this issue on KDE 5.8.5 in Kubuntu 16.04. Any idea on how to fix it?