Created attachment 158171 [details] A video showing the behavior SUMMARY First, sorry if it's posted in the wrong category. Fact is, I'm not actually sure what exactly cause the glitch to happen. I assumed it's KWin since it's what I use but maybe I mistake. Since the recent updates, I cannot use virtual desktops anymore. Only one desktop works. Any additional desktop will make it black, with no bars or widgets, making it impossible to leave it without the key shortcuts. Windows can still appear in this desktop if they are moved to it. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Start the Plasma desktop 2. Add a virtual desktop if there's none 3. Switch to this virtual desktop OBSERVED RESULT The virtual desktop is completely black. Doesn't display any widgets, bar or wallpaper. The mouse still shows, and a window that is moved to this desktop will behave normally. When maximized in this desktop, the window acts like if there were no bars at all. The only way to get out of this desktop is to use the key shortcuts. Happens to every additional virtual desktops created. Right click doesn't work either. EXPECTED RESULT The virtual desktop should show with the bars, widgets and wallpaper and should be fully functional. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.2.11 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0 Qt Version: 5.15.9 Using X11. Haven't tried on Wayland and can't use it anyway. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I included a video showing the behavior
It might not be linked to this bug, but I also noticed that, while selecting "filter windows by current desktop" works fine, "filter windows by all other desktops" doesn't work properly, showing only a "show desktop" no matter how many programs are open, even if "include show desktop icon" is disabled. Happens with the virtual desktop settings and activities settings
here's the journald logs that appears when a virtual desktop is created, just in case: ``` 22/04/2023 10:42 xembedsniproxy Container window visible, stack below 22/04/2023 10:42 xembedsniproxy Container window visible, stack below 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 OpenGL renderer string: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 OpenGL version string: 3.1.0 NVIDIA 530.41.03 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 Driver: NVIDIA 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 Driver version: 530.41.3 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 GPU class: Unknown 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 OpenGL version: 3.1 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 GLSL version: 1.40 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 X server version: 1.21.1 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 Linux kernel version: 6.2.12 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 Requires strict binding: no 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 GLSL shaders: yes 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 Texture NPOT support: yes 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 Virtual Machine: no 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 WobblyWindowsConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 BlurConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 ZoomConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 WindowViewConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 SlidingPopupsConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 SlideConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 OverviewConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 MagicLampConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 KscreenConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring 22/04/2023 10:42 kwin_x11 DesktopGridConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring ```
This also happens on wayland and reports pretty much the same logs as previously (except it says wayland instead of X11
updated kwin to 5.27.5, problem still occurs. Please.
Tried the same distro I use on a virtual desktop. The problem doesn't occur. Tried to reset all the KDE plasma settings on my main machine. Problem still occurs. Tried to reinstall my distro entirely. Problem still occurs! What is going on?!
Still not working. But I noticed that, on x11, if the window composer is disabled by a program, changing of desktop will just freeze the entire screen instead of showing black. It unfreezes when going back to the first desktop with alt+tab. Please.
Have you tried creating a new user account and testing it there?
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #7) > Have you tried creating a new user account and testing it there? thanks for the suggestion! I just tried and virtual desktops worked on the new account! That means the problem is in the KDE settings, as i expected first. I don't know which one it can be since i already tried to reset all the kde settings.
Do you maybe have some KWin script or window rules active? They can force windows to be on specific virtual desktops only
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #9) > Do you maybe have some KWin script or window rules active? They can force > windows to be on specific virtual desktops only Yes, i was using those before, just to get discord on the second desktop and maximized. But it was working fine until some update arrived. One day, after some kde/plasma update, it suddenly stopped working, for no reason. It was making it difficult to access the second desktop. I could fix the problem by getting the .config and .local from a fresh new user, pasting it on the old one and reboot. Your suggestion saved me! :)