SUMMARY I have an external HDMI monitor connected to a laptop. Sometimes I used just the external monitor (with the laptop lid closed), sometimes I use both the external monitor and the laptop screen. Debian Strech used to automatically adjust the screen area when I closed or opened the laptop lid. Now that I am using Debian Buster, the system behaves as the laptop lid was always open, even when it is actually closed. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian Buster 10 KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0 Qt Version: 5.11.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION $ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 eDP-1 connected 1366x768+1920+312 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm 1366x768 60.00*+ 48.00 1360x768 59.80 59.96 1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74 1024x768 60.04 60.00 960x720 60.00 928x696 60.05 896x672 60.01 1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82 960x600 59.93 60.00 960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82 800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25 840x525 60.01 59.88 864x486 59.92 59.57 800x512 60.17 700x525 59.98 800x450 59.95 59.82 640x512 60.02 720x450 59.89 700x450 59.96 59.88 640x480 60.00 59.94 720x405 59.51 58.99 684x384 59.88 59.85 680x384 59.80 59.96 640x400 59.88 59.98 576x432 60.06 640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32 512x384 60.00 512x288 60.00 59.92 480x270 59.63 59.82 400x300 60.32 56.34 432x243 59.92 59.57 320x240 60.05 360x202 59.51 59.13 320x180 59.84 59.32 HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm 1920x1080 60.00*+ 60.00 50.00 59.94 1920x1080i 60.00 60.00 50.00 59.94 1680x1050 59.88 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1440x900 59.90 1280x960 60.00 1280x800 59.91 1152x864 75.00 1280x720 60.00 60.00 50.00 59.94 1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00 832x624 74.55 800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25 720x576 50.00 50.00 720x576i 50.00 50.00 720x480 60.00 60.00 59.94 59.94 59.94 720x480i 60.00 60.00 59.94 59.94 640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 60.00 59.94 59.94 720x400 70.08
I learned that the behaviour I described seems to happen only in the first login session after starting the computer. If I login, logout, and then login again, then the screen behaves as expected.
Fixed in Plasma 5.17.1 recently. Buster has Plasma 5.14.5, which is quite old at this point.