SUMMARY: KDE Plasma Monitor Hell BUG - Turning Off main desktop monitor and back on again results in main monitor losing the bottom half of the screen (THE TASKBAR) & other Anomilies: Monitors & their Connections: 1. SONY 32" - HDMI cable to AMD/ATI Radeon video card - Main PC Desktop monitor (has Taskbar & Icons on it's desktop) 2. HP VA905 19" - DVI cable to AMD/ATI Radeon video card 3. SONY 40" - HDMI cable to Motherboard Intel HD4000 GPU Motherboard Chip (i915 driver) AMD/ATI = Radeon HD 7850 (7000 Series) PCI-E Video Card KDE Display Set up is as above from left to right hand side NAME: KDE Plasma Monitor Hell BUG - Turning Off main desktop monitor and back on again results in main monitor losing the bottom half of the screen (THE TASKBAR) & other Anomilies DESC: Turning Off main desktop monitor and back on again results in main monitor becoming black and providing no useable interface, ex: the bottom half of the screen (THE TASKBAR) & other Anomilies DE's Bug Appears In: Xwayland (Wayland) : YES Full Wayland: YES x11: NO CONDITIONS: Both monitors 1 & 2 are on REPRODUCE ISSUE: 1. Turn SONY 32" monitor off via On/Off button on TV Set/Monitor or TV remote control 2. Turn SONY 32" monitor back on via On/Off button on TV Set/Monitor or TV remote control RESULT: KDE connect Daemon - The KDE Crash Handler window appears on the SONY 32" Monitor* The taskbar often still appears on the SONY 32" Monitor but is not responsive *Intermittant, sometimes happens SONY 32" Monitor gives a black screen, with _maybe_ (intermittant) only 1 window being displayed (often the last used or in-focus window) HP VA905 19" Monitor suddenly appears to become a/the main/primary monitor (the taskbar with all pinned icons in it that was originally on the SONY 32" Monitor) suddenly appear on this monitor. The SONY 32" monitor will also successfully display the mouse pointer, however when moving/draging any windows from the HP VA905 19" Monitor to the SONY 32" monitor the mouse pointer on the SONY 32" monitor turns into a 4 direction arrow, and the window being dragged onto the SONY 32" monitor does not get displayed at all. About a fifth of the SONY 32" monitor (on the right-hand side of it) ends up displaying a part of the wall paper that was displayed on the HP VA905 monitor. Also the taskbar on the SONY 32" monitor appears to be literally "raised up" by about 2 centimetres with nothing but black underneath it. FURTHER INFO: It is usually possible to logout and then back in again to restore operations to the way they were before the issue started However, upon repeating the above monitor off/on issue often results in the non-ability to logout and sometimes one cannot use any monitor to run apps and a manual PC button re-boot is nessessariy Issue has persisted on at least 3 previous kernel releases as well DATE BUG REPRODUCED: Friday the 16th of April, 2021 RELATED BUGS - KDE Plasma - Multi-Monitor Display Bugs: Bug 406429 - after monitors power off/on screens messed up https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406429 Bug 430488 - panels are not fixed to monitors causing them to move when turning monitors off https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430488 Bug 353722 - background lost multi-monitor setup https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353722 Bug 368935 - panel inconsistencies while unplugging/plugging monitors https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368935 Bug 370952 - Connecting secondary Display freezes the primary display https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370952 Bug 418899 - Everything is unusable after monitor turn on https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418899 Bug 370180 - Widgets moved to secondary monitor upon reconnect https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370180 Bug 426273 - Screen distorsions and ghosting in multi-monitor setup on Plasma-Wayland https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426273 Bug 431417 - Plasma crash when dual screens turned off https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431417 Bug 419724 - kwin_wayland crashed when external monitor was turned on https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419724 Bug 417807 - kwin crash after external monitor turned off and on again https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417807 Bug 416401 - KWin crashes after turning on monitor and unlocking KDE Plasma https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416401 Bug 413771 - Menu does not show in right place with multiple monitors https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413771 Bug 414872 - Crash when unplugging second monitor under Wayland https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414872 Bug 403519 - Wayland session crashed immediately after I connect an external monitor to hdmi port https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403519 Bug 412178 - crash after reconnecting external monitor https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=412178 Bug 429236 - Screen layout is scrambled after switching between X11 and Wayland Plasma session https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429236 Bug 374908 - Dual monitors: when screen resumes, windows are rearranged on second monitor https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374908 Bug 424694 - kwin_wayland crashes when enabling monitor https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424694 Bug 389918 - When plugging/unplugging monitor the "Visibility" of the panel is not respected. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389918 Bug 434604 - Multiple monitor configuration gets broken https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434604 Bug 345532 - Severe graphical corruption after configuring multiple displays https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345532 Bug 346181 - K menu, context menus, system tray popups not displayed (or displayed off-screen) after an external monitor is plugged in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346181 Bug 350954 - Display settings drops with multiple monitor configurations. It causes hangs. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350954 Bug 356225 - Panel moves to wrong screen when external monitor is connected https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356225 Bug 419728 - kwin_wayland crashes when external monitor is disconnected from hdmi port while multi-monitor mode is set to "Switch to external screen" https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419728 Bug 428706 - Cannot unlock session after external screen switches off in Wayland https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428706 Bug 356727 - Plasma Panel sometimes disappears with multiple monitors https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356727 Bug 414803 - Losing/corrupted multi-monitor configuration with TB 3.0 dock https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414803 PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL: KDE SYSTEM INFO: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210414 KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.81.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.11.12-1-default OS Type: 64-bit Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD PITCAIRN
Please provide ~/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log after you reproduce it with the environment variable QT_LOGGING_RULES="kwin_*.debug=true;kwin_libinput.debug=false" set. The output of drminfo could also be useful (when it works and when it's broken)
Created attachment 137945 [details] Wayland Session LOG file As per your request, here is my Wayland-session log file NOTE: I dont personally deal with environment variables myself, so Im not able to provide any info for you about any of them If you want such info, you will have to provide a step-by-step procedure for me to follow in order to get such info for you Also TERMINAL did not recognise any such command as drminfo --- Comment #1 from Zamundaaa <xaver.hugl@gmail.com> --- Please provide ~/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log after you reproduce it with the environment variable QT_LOGGING_RULES="kwin_*.debug=true;kwin_libinput.debug=false" set. The output of drminfo could also be useful (when it works and when it's broken)
You can set the environment variable for example by putting it in /etc/environment Just open that file with kate, add QT_LOGGING_RULES="kwin_*.debug=true;kwin_libinput.debug=false" in a new line, save it and reboot. Then reproduce the bug and upload the file again
Created attachment 138086 [details] Wayland LOG file immediately after BUG reproduced This is a second Wayland LOG file Zamundaaa I added the Environment variable as you requested to the /etc/environment files, and re-booted the PC I then reproduced the BUG as per my description, and then immediately uploaded this new wayland-session.log file (i did NOT log out of KDE Plama before-hand)
This is a rather late "thank you" to the devs who were finally able to have this bug/s fixed when KDE Plasma 5.22 came out - it was fantastic :) Seriously when you have 3 monitors all-in-a-row and one is your main TV monitor in front of the bed to watch stuff, turning the other 2 monitors off by simply pressing their power buttons really does not things visually better and its quick Unfortunatley it seems that this problem is back again, just recently MY CURRENT OS INFO: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210713 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.13.1-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD PITCAIRN It should be stated that i had this problem PRIOR to this kernel (and other hardware firmware/driver updates) as well Please tell me what logs you would like me to upload here INFO: The Main 32" Desktop Monitor (PRIMARY = i.e. Has Icons and a Taskbar on it) when turned off and then back on again becomes completely black, and in the middle of the screen displays one of the the standard Audio Volume Device output Mouse pointer does still move freely around onto any/all monitors as i wish If a new bug report is to be made/submitted - please let me know as well, Thank you Im using the SDDM Option in opensuse tumbleweed called Wayland - Im 100% positive that this is XWayland as my SeaMonkey Browser does not run at all using True native "Full Wayland" NOTE: Due to 'name change issues' on opensuse tumbleweed there is now only one actual option at the moment for the SDDM boot up menu, which is now just called "Wayland"
Was the only thing that changed between it working and not, Plasma updating to 5.22.3 or was there a kernel update involved as well? The only information you can really provide is the wayland log again; unfortunately I'm not sure if there even is much information to get with such old drivers.
Created attachment 140382 [details] Wayland LOG file - Before issue Wayland LOG file - Before issue
Created attachment 140383 [details] Wayland LOG File Immediately AFTER monitor Bug Reproduced (no reboot or logout) Wayland LOG File Immediately AFTER monitor Bug Reproduced (no reboot or logout)
Just performed 189 packages upgrade & Upgraded to latest kernel: KINFO: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210803 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.13.6-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD PITCAIRN Problem still exists under KDE Plasma Wayland
Can you still reproduce it with Plasma 5.24.5 or with the beta of 5.25?
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(In reply to postix from comment #10) > Can you still reproduce it with Plasma 5.24.5 or with the beta of 5.25? Sorry for the delay, technically i dont know if this issue still persists(In reply to postix from comment #10) > Can you still reproduce it with Plasma 5.24.5 or with the beta of 5.25? Sorry for my delay A few months ago, i had taken my video card out of my PC altogether, was instead was using the PC's own VGA output for my main primary monitor However, i felt it important to retry to see if this bug still existed I can say, with happiness and glee, that it's finally fixed I can turn the main primary monitor off and on again (HDMI by Video card) and all monitors display perfectly fine no anomolies detected Thank You :)