Bug 500242 - Window positions forgotten after screen timeout on secondary monitor
Summary: Window positions forgotten after screen timeout on secondary monitor
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: multi-screen (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: multiscreen, regression
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Reported: 2025-02-17 10:14 UTC by zednet
Modified: 2025-11-19 11:19 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description zednet 2025-02-17 10:14:17 UTC 
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SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have windows open on secondary screen (optionally attached via custom tiling)
2. Let KDE go into idle and shut the screens off due to idle
3. Awaken the desktop (I have the desktop locked and need to unlock it)


OBSERVED RESULT
Find your secondary windows out of place, often half way into the primary screen space.

EXPECTED RESULT
Windows to be in the same positions as when the screen was locked or idled out. (Behaviour was correct in 6.2.X)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.3.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-02-18 21:02:20 UTC 
Is this on Wayland, or X11, or both?
Comment 2 zednet 2025-02-18 21:14:05 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Is this on Wayland, or X11, or both?

Hi, I only know of this on Wayland. Running Nobara 41 which only supports Wayland as of recent.
Comment 3 Zamundaaa 2025-10-15 20:43:57 UTC 
Do you still see this issue in Plasma 6.4?
If yes, were the misplaced windows in some special state, specifically were they tiled?
Comment 4 zednet 2025-10-20 07:03:34 UTC 
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #3)
> Do you still see this issue in Plasma 6.4?
> If yes, were the misplaced windows in some special state, specifically were
> they tiled?

Yes, I still see this issue in 6.4.5.
Yes they are tiled using the built in KDE tool for it. 
It is only on the secondary monitor that it occurs (it is only on that monitor I make use of the tiling zones).
The amount of movement has changed with different KDE patches but never totally fixed.
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-04 03:47:43 UTC 
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-19 03:47:04 UTC 
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.