KDE Plasma 5.8.5 deployment - Plasmashell Containment Bug

[Thomas Michael Weissel]

thx martin for the reply.

i added a new comment to my bugreport with a very detailed video and 
added the two configuration files (created during the demo video) you 
requested!

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375507#c5

thank you again :-)






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>     1. Re: KDE Plasma 5.8.5 deployment - Plasmashell Containment Bug
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>     2. RE: KDE Plasma 5.8.5 deployment - Plasmashell Containment Bug
>        (Thomas Weissel)
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> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:22:30 +0100
> From: Marco Martin <notmart at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: KDE Plasma 5.8.5 deployment - Plasmashell Containment Bug
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> On Tuesday 24 January 2017, Thomas Weissel wrote:
>> Hello Everybody!
>> I have a huge problem deploying my kde plasma neon images in the classrooms
>> of my school and wanted to know if i am alone with it.
>>
>> On every classroom notebook there is a beamer attached. The classroom
>> notebook displays are set to clone.
>>
>> Right after every boot the desktop is empty ! ?
>> I have to use alt+tab or meta+tab (switch activities) to make the widgets
>> visible again.  (but there are no other activities or desktops)
>>
>> I found out that switching the resolution to 1024x768 creates a new section
>> in plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
>>
>> All my widgets are configured for
> before 5.8.5 there was a bug that caused containments to proliferate, a new
> one create each startup.
>
> I guess you did hit it as i see [Containments][92] that is a very high id.
>
> in 5.8.5, it's supposed at the first startup to clean up all the eventual cruft
> that was left by that old bug, so it's maybe possible a containment gets lost
> on the first startup, as it makes sure the hundreds old one are erased, but
> then the problem should never happen again (which apparently, it does).
>
> now, the bug in the youtube video is very interesting...
> do you still have somewhere the *exact* plasma-org.kde.desktop-appletsrc file
> that causes it?
> also the plasmashellrc file would be useful. (also, is the beamer connected
> when this happens?)
>
> I can try if i can get a local system to reproduce the issue
>
>> here is a video that demonstrates the behaviour...
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95z7yuZQLCo
>>
>>
>> there is only one desktop an one acitvity.. so why is plasma doing that and
>> how can i work around it or fix it?
>>
>> should i open a bug report ?
> with enough info would be useful, yes (the files is said, plus exactly the
> multiscreen setup, even just a screenshot of the systemsettings screen
> configuration module should give enough an idea)
>
>> i have the same problem with a blank new configfile..
>> it's really weird..  if i add something (a launcher for dolphin for
>> example) to the desktop containment an i want to move it - it disappears to
>> the other desktop/aktivity as i found out !!
>> ( but there is none - its more like a parallel universe)
>>   i can immediately switch between those mysterious desktop/activities by
>> making the acitvity switcher visible or hitting meta+tab
> if you get again to reproduce the problem exactly, can you send here, or on
> bugzilla those 2 files?
>
>> after a reboot i can configure widgets as expected on the current activity
>> (they stop going through the black hole)..  but i still have this other
>> invisible activity i can switch to if i want
>>
>> Is there a way to deacitvate activities completely ??
> no, but having only one is in pratiche the same thing (the activities context
> menu item can be removed as well)
>