Bug 459945 - Multiple windows are force-opened in the center of the screen which shouldn't be
Summary: Multiple windows are force-opened in the center of the screen which shouldn't be
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 459188
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 5.25.5
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-10-03 17:15 UTC by Marcus Harrison
Modified: 2022-10-10 01:35 UTC (History)
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Description Marcus Harrison 2022-10-03 17:15:04 UTC 
SUMMARY

Various windows which shouldn't open in the center of the screen are being forced to, including KRunner with Top position set, plasma widget pop-outs and plasma notifications.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.25
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-48-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 2 × AMD A6-9220C RADEON R5, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G
Memory: 3.8 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD STONEY
Manufacturer: Google
Product Name: Grunt
System Version: rev6
Comment 1 Marcus Harrison 2022-10-04 08:58:15 UTC 
I just confirmed that this happens with a brand new user account using default settings as well.
Comment 2 Vlad Zahorodnii 2022-10-04 09:04:08 UTC 
Can you check whether you have kwayland-integration or any package with similar name (the naming may differ based on distro package naming conventions) installed? Also, if you change the placement policy to zero-cornered, are those windows placed differently?
Comment 3 Marcus Harrison 2022-10-04 10:51:40 UTC 
(In reply to Vlad Zahorodnii from comment #2)
> Can you check whether you have kwayland-integration or any package with
> similar name (the naming may differ based on distro package naming
> conventions) installed?

Looks like I do indeed have that package installed:

Installed       kwayland-integration-4:5.25.5-0xneon+20.04+focal+release+build59.amd64 (installed:user_focal-focal-main)

> Also, if you change the placement policy to
> zero-cornered, are those windows placed differently?

Interestingly, when I set the policy to zero-cornered, KRunner begins opening in the top-left corner, but the plasma panel pop-ups continue to appear in the center, rising up from the panel, and the notifications still appear in the center of the screen.
Comment 4 Vlad Zahorodnii 2022-10-04 10:53:54 UTC 
Okay, can you check whether qtwaylandclient has been updated recently and perhaps try to downgrade it? I suspect that qtwaylandclient had been updated, but due to a packaging mishap, kwayland-integration was not rebuilt.
Comment 5 Marcus Harrison 2022-10-04 17:20:36 UTC 
(In reply to Vlad Zahorodnii from comment #4)
> Okay, can you check whether qtwaylandclient has been updated recently and
> perhaps try to downgrade it? I suspect that qtwaylandclient had been
> updated, but due to a packaging mishap, kwayland-integration was not rebuilt.

I did run upgrades yesterday before experiencing this issue, not sure which version I upgraded _from_ though. Current installed version is 5.15.5+p20.04+tunstable+git20220909.1409-0.

Using apt to try to downgrade to version 5.15.5+p20.04+tunstable+git20220809.0847-0 gives a resolution that attempts to remove most depending KDE software and some system-critical packages (including neon-desktop), so I'm holding fire on doing that for now.
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2022-10-10 01:35:52 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 459188 ***