Bug 483901 - Rebooting when zoomed establishes a new virtual desktop size
Summary: Rebooting when zoomed establishes a new virtual desktop size
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: compositing (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.0.2
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
URL:
Keywords: qt6
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-03-18 13:32 UTC by rafael.gagocastano
Modified: 2024-03-22 14:12 UTC (History)
0 users

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Desktop after rebooting when zoomed. (2.04 MB, image/png)
2024-03-18 13:32 UTC, rafael.gagocastano
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Description rafael.gagocastano 2024-03-18 13:32:06 UTC
Created attachment 167410 [details]
Desktop after rebooting when zoomed.

SUMMARY

I didn't know about the zoom feature and I used it unknowingly by using the Ctrl + Meta + mouse wheel. I could see the zoomed desktop with horizontal and vertical scrollbars and that when the mouse pointer was approaching the extremes of the screen it scrolled. As it should work.

As I didn't know about the feature at that point and didn't care to investigate I just rebooted.

After rebooting, the desktop is still zoomed. I still have scrollbars. Now that I know how to unzoom, it won't unzoom fully. The zoomed size is the new default. At this new zoom size the mouse pointer being in the corners is not scrolling, for some reasons I can't even use the scrollbars to reach the corners. It all seems pretty broken.

I tried a screen recording but spectacle crashes, so I attach a screenshot. On that screenshot there are no scroll bars and it seems that the resolution matches my screen's. The area with Firefox open is more or less what I see on screen. The empty space is scrollable.

I'm running KDE Neon under VMWare Player, but this doesn't seem VMWare related. Everything was running fine before zooming.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Zoom. Ctrl + meta + mousewheel
2. Reboot

OBSERVED RESULT

Unzoomable desktop back to the screen resolution. Unsuable scrollbars. (See description)

EXPECTED RESULT

No zoom. Size of the desktop fitting the screen resolution.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.02
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.02
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.00 
Qt Version: 6.6.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A workaround would be appreciated. My machine is unusable. I tried looking at config files at .local and .config with no luck.
Comment 1 rafael.gagocastano 2024-03-22 14:12:03 UTC
This seems a case of PEBCAK.

The zoom is maintained between reboots and when I did set the resolution I chose a wrong one. Setting my resolution to my monitor's got rid of the issue. Sorry.