SUMMARY Every time I connect my external display the compositor turns off. This problem has persisted for almost a year now. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Connect external monitor OBSERVED RESULT Compositor turns off and you have to press Alt+Shift+F12 EXPECTED RESULT Compositor stays activated SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2
STEPS TO REPRODUCE (updated) 1. Connect external monitor 2. Open/close laptop lid
``` System: Kernel: 5.10.1-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=a2f3e649-9263-4ff5-a6cb-047f0b645cb7 rw quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 Console: tty 1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux Machine: Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: 20LJS02W00 v: ThinkPad X380 Yoga serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 31 serial: <filter> Mobo: LENOVO model: 20LJS02W00 serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: R0SET50W (1.34 ) date: 07/20/2020 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.3 Wh condition: 48.8/51.0 Wh (96%) volts: 17.1/15.3 model: SMP 01AV433 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Charging cycles: 203 Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360 serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U socket: BGA1356 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: A (10) microcode: E0 L1 cache: 256 KiB L2 cache: 8 MiB L3 cache: 7.8 MiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 32012 Speed: 1182 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz base/boost: 1800/2000 volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1182 2: 1031 3: 1435 4: 1478 5: 1295 6: 1416 7: 1129 8: 1097 Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5917 Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-8:4 chip ID: 04f2:b614 Display: server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0") s-diag: 777mm (30.6") Monitor-1: DP1 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 108 size: 600x340mm (23.6x13.4") diag: 690mm (27.2") OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.0 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d71 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.1-3-MANJARO Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15d8 IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 233.95 GiB (49.1%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF512G8L size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: L14P temp: 32.9 C SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 95d 20h cycles: 3,796 read-units: 15,713,397 [8.04 TB] written-units: 29,257,871 [14.9 TB] Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 59.3 GiB size: 58.12 GiB (98.01%) used: 41.68 GiB (71.7%) fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 99 MiB size: 95 MiB (95.96%) used: 32.9 MiB (34.6%) fs: vfat block size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 ID-3: /home raw size: 261.12 GiB size: 256.02 GiB (98.05%) used: 192.23 GiB (75.1%) fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 10.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 Info: Processes: 267 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 8 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 2.24 GiB (14.4%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.0.0 Packages: apt: 0 pacman: 1804 lib: 464 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh (sudo) v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.0 running in: konsole inxi: 3.2.00 ```
This bug was reported against an outdated version of KWin. We have made many changes since the. If the issue persists in newer versions can you reopen the bug report updating the version number.