Bug 501750 - Activity switcher is non-functional unless I restart plasmashell
Summary: Activity switcher is non-functional unless I restart plasmashell
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Activity Switcher sidebar (show other bugs)
Version: 6.3.3
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-03-19 16:49 UTC by Quentin Guyot
Modified: 2025-03-20 22:09 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Quentin Guyot 2025-03-19 16:49:28 UTC
SUMMARY
The activities sidebar doesn't allow me to switch activities unless I restart plasmashell (typically I do plasmashell --replace, but there might be a better way.)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Log into Plasma
2. change activities with the sidebar


OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing changes.

EXPECTED RESULT
Plasma goes to the selected activity

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I can use KRunner to change activities before restarting plasmashell, but not always. sometimes, KRunner will simply refuse to display the activity I'm searching.
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-03-20 00:02:08 UTC
I'm not able to reproduce this on git-master or Plasma 6.3.3

Set the right side of the screen to show the Activity Manager
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Log into Plasma after a restart
2. Show the Activity Manager, click on a different Activity

Result: When I click on any of the Activities, the desktop switches to that activity.

Does this happen with a brand new user?
Comment 2 Quentin Guyot 2025-03-20 08:04:03 UTC
A new user works fine.

My setup is quite old (I had the same bug with Plasma 5, ~2 years ago), 
so maybe there are things in the various configuration files that aren't 
used any more, but I don't know where to start looking.


Le 20/03/2025 à 01:02, TraceyC a écrit :
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501750
>
> TraceyC <kdedev@tlcnet.info> changed:
>
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                   CC|                            |kdedev@tlcnet.info
>               Status|REPORTED                    |NEEDSINFO
>           Resolution|---                         |WAITINGFORINFO
>
> --- Comment #1 from TraceyC <kdedev@tlcnet.info> ---
> I'm not able to reproduce this on git-master or Plasma 6.3.3
>
> Set the right side of the screen to show the Activity Manager
> STEPS TO REPRODUCE
> 1. Log into Plasma after a restart
> 2. Show the Activity Manager, click on a different Activity
>
> Result: When I click on any of the Activities, the desktop switches to that
> activity.
>
> Does this happen with a brand new user?
>
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Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-03-20 17:08:56 UTC
From what I see, you can try renaming this file:

~/.config/kactivitymanagerd-switcher

And then logging out and logging back in. Does that help?
Comment 4 Quentin Guyot 2025-03-20 22:09:28 UTC
Logging in and out wouldn't help determine if a change would work. Your 
latest comment reminded me of my old way to solve it, years ago, which 
was logging out then in again.

I tried your suggestion followed by a reboot. It didn't help.

Le 20/03/2025 à 18:08, TraceyC a écrit :
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501750
>
> --- Comment #3 from TraceyC <kdedev@tlcnet.info> ---
>  From what I see, you can try renaming this file:
>
> ~/.config/kactivitymanagerd-switcher
>
> And then logging out and logging back in. Does that help?
>
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> You are receiving this mail because:
> You reported the bug.