Bug 475019 - Wayland / dual monitor: sometimes wallpaper and right clickable area minimizes on bigger screen
Summary: Wayland / dual monitor: sometimes wallpaper and right clickable area minimize...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Containment (show other bugs)
Version: 5.27.7
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: multiscreen
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-09-29 10:14 UTC by Peter Ries
Modified: 2023-11-20 03:45 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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kscreen-doctor output when ok (1.54 KB, text/plain)
2023-09-30 07:33 UTC, Peter Ries
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kscreen-doctor output when messd up (1.54 KB, text/plain)
2023-09-30 07:33 UTC, Peter Ries
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screenshot when messed up with notes (2.39 MB, image/png)
2023-09-30 07:34 UTC, Peter Ries
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screenshot when ok with notes (2.73 MB, image/png)
2023-09-30 07:36 UTC, Peter Ries
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Description Peter Ries 2023-09-29 10:14:54 UTC
SUMMARY
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from time to time with no reproduceable interaction the bigger screen of my dual monitor setup (external Dell 3840x1600 and internal laptop 1920x1080) reduces wallpaper size and klickable area to the resolution of the smaller one. Windows still can be moved around on the whole desktop and taskbar is still full size, but I only can right click in the smaller area. See screenshot with both screens attached. left one is affected.

haven't observed this while on x11.

need to switch to internal only and back to dual screen to work around the issue

please let me know where I can find useful information / logs (before/after) once it happens again...
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. none up to now / just happens

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.1.55-1-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 30.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20UES00L00
System Version: ThinkPad T14 Gen 1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-09-29 18:41:12 UTC
Screenshots are missing; can you re-attach them? Thanks!
Comment 2 Peter Ries 2023-09-30 07:33:00 UTC
Created attachment 161961 [details]
kscreen-doctor output when ok
Comment 3 Peter Ries 2023-09-30 07:33:23 UTC
Created attachment 161962 [details]
kscreen-doctor output when messd up
Comment 4 Peter Ries 2023-09-30 07:34:35 UTC
Created attachment 161963 [details]
screenshot when messed up with notes
Comment 5 Peter Ries 2023-09-30 07:36:42 UTC
Created attachment 161964 [details]
screenshot when ok with notes
Comment 6 Peter Ries 2023-09-30 07:42:16 UTC
Hi Nate,

I added screenshots before and after as well as the kscren-doctor output before and after (although there's no difference).
I also could force the behaviour by switching the top bar from floating to non-floating. Changing this led to the messed up screen.

I now can provide more logs / debug output before and after as I know how to reproduce.

Some additional notes to my setup:

The Lenovo T14 is connected to the DELL Monitor via USB-C. The DELL Monitor has an integrated docking station. It's an U3821UW model.
Comment 7 Peter Ries 2023-10-07 08:16:33 UTC
More info: External Monitor is positioned left of internal laptop as MAIN


One more observation yesterday:

When I unplugged the laptop from the dock while in suspend mode and resumed the session the 1920x1080 laptop screen showed the background image as if the laptop has the big resolution (only parts of background image was shown. Panels were correct. so sth. like the opposite behaviour from descriped above regarding size. It looked like the plasma screen size has moved from the big external monitor to the internal like: hey when suspending the main monitor had 3840x1600 resolution and after resume when only laptop screen was there and now new main the new resolution hasn't been adjusted; just taken from the main monitor from before suspending.

(Unfortunately I haven't taken a screenshot of that)
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2023-10-20 18:35:01 UTC
Thanks a lot. In the time since you posted those comments (sorry for the delay in getting back to you!) the way multi-monitor handling has worked on Plasma Wayland has fundamentally changed, with KWin now in charge of everything. Any chance I could ask you to test out Plasma 6 in some capacity? See https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#How_to_use/test_it. Thanks a lot!
Comment 9 Peter Ries 2023-10-21 08:23:38 UTC
Hi Nate, yes I read about the upcoming big redesign and that kwin will do it all.

I firstly need to check if my spare laptop has the problem, too and then will update to plasma 6 on that. I need my main laptop to be fully reliable. Unfortunatley this issue doesn't seem to be something to test in a VM...

I'll keep you/team updated here, once I found something.
Comment 10 Bug Janitor Service 2023-11-05 03:45:41 UTC
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Comment 11 Bug Janitor Service 2023-11-20 03:45:41 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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