https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484744
Bug ID: 484744
Summary: Desktop icons (all links and some widgets) get
resorted, rearranged and relocated on every switch on
/ off of monitor
Classification: KDE Neon
Product: neon
Version: unspecified
Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Packages User Edition
Assignee: neon-b...@kde.org
Reporter: os.subscript...@gmail.com
CC: j...@jriddell.org, neon-b...@kde.org, sit...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Desktop icons (all links and some widgets) get resorted, rearranged and
relocated on every switch on / off of my monitor
Detailed Description:
When I switch / turn my monitor off and on again, icons get resorted,
rearranged and relocated up, without my volition. This happens on physical
button switch off / on of the monitor. The computer is not switched off, only
the monitor is switched off / on. The events of: (a) automatic energy saving
switch off, (b) the sleep on / wake up, (c) the PC reboot, - do not trigger the
bug. Only the physical monitor switch off / on messes the icons. Icons behave
this way upon two steps (switches) until they get fully arranged in two lines
on the top of the screen. On the first switch off/on, they get partly
rearranged in the middle of the screen, and on the second switch off/on, they
all get to the top in two lines.
This bug affects all icon links and some widgets. As regards the widgets, for
example, the sticky note is not affected, i.e. not moved up on monitor switch
off/on event. However, the TrashCan widget does get resorted and is moved up.
On the right mouse click on the Desktop I set icons to be unsorted and
unlocked, so nothing wrong I do on my side.
Icons get resorted and arranged in the lines alphabetically, except for the
Trash can which is treated as a folder and put first.
I installed KDE Neon on HDD like a month ago, and fully upgraded and updated it
as of now. Right before installation I used to have Kali Linux with KDE Plazma
- and I did not have this bug issue, all icons remained where they should be,
no matter the monitor switch off / on. I tried to log in KDE Neon to x11
session (instead of Wayland), - but the bug in x11 remains as in Wayland.
However, when logged in KDE Neon to Xfce session, the bug disappears, and all
icons remain where they should be no matter the monitor switch off / on action.
I also tried it now on Live Kali Linux running GNOME in Virtual Box, and
separately, ran Windows 11 on this PC motherboard from another HDD, - as a
result, both these systems do not care for the monitor switch off/on. They save
the locations of icons as the user defined alright. So this KDE Neon Wayland
icons' resorting, rearranging and relocating is indeed a bug, and this bug does
not seem to be an intentional behavior designed by developers or an industry
standard, please correct me if I am wrong. I never had issues with Mesa Intel®
HD Graphics 4600 drivers as well, as I can run some basic games alright. So
this issue should not be connected with drivers either.
May be there is some some config file that does not have enough access rights
to get saved, I do not know.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Switch off the monitor (not the PC) by hand (not by a program), then switch
the monitor back on.
2. Repeat the step 1 once again.
OBSERVED RESULT
Icons (all links and some widgets) get resorted, rearranged in two lines and
get relocated to the top of the screen.
EXPECTED RESULT
Icons (all links and all widgets) should remain on the screen in the location
where a user placed them.
My hardware is not new:
I have a Desktop PC. Motherboard ASUS Z87 Delux Dual. My Monitor is DELL
Ultrasharp U2413 24'
Details of hardware and software from "About" in System settings:
Operating System: KDE neon 6.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.5.0-26-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 7,6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product Name: All Series
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
As an example, I attach three Desktop screenshots in Google Drive. One before I
switch monitor off/on, the second after the first switch off/on, the third
after the second switch off/on. The third screenshot also shows the right click
sorting options. The link is:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GnGjq93f6YfTqtfpcUN0S0B4hAFzeH6l?usp=sharing
Thank you.
Oleksiy.
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