Bug 1003399

Summary: Desktop layout and wallpaper changes don't stick
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution Reporter: Neil Rickert <nwr10cst-oslnx>
Component: KDE Workspace (Plasma)Assignee: E-Mail List <opensuse-kde-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: fabian, lbeltrame, wbauer
Version: Leap 42.2   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Neil Rickert 2016-10-06 16:11:17 UTC
When I login to opensuse/KDE, I normally expect the desktop layout with a folder view widget.

After installing 42.2 (clean install, no save user settings), and login:

The layout was folder-view, with icons for HOME and TRASH directly on the desktop.  There was no folder-view widget.

I changed all of that.  I switched to "Desktop" layout.  I changed the wallpaper.  I added a "folder view" widget.  It all looked good.

Then I logged out, and logged in again (without rebooting).  And it had reverted to the initial settings (folder view layout, no widget, default wallpaper).

Other desktop settings worked ('focus follows mouse', settings for "konsole" (this still has to be set twice), number of virtual desktops).  Those settings were not lost on logout/login.  But the layout, wallpaper and widget are all lost.

This might be an upstream issue.  But I figure that you want to know about it here.
Comment 1 Luca Beltrame 2016-10-06 16:58:27 UTC
You are correct: this is an upstream bug.

Luckily it has been found already and fixed upstream: http://commits.kde.org/plasma-workspace/53b2a407af9d1d60cfbb1a42af8546ab0a156d38

We'll look into incorporating the fix in our packages.
Comment 2 Wolfgang Bauer 2016-10-06 17:18:08 UTC
And just to be clear:
(In reply to Neil Rickert from comment #0)
> When I login to opensuse/KDE, I normally expect the desktop layout with a
> folder view widget.
> 
> After installing 42.2 (clean install, no save user settings), and login:
> 
> The layout was folder-view, with icons for HOME and TRASH directly on the
> desktop.  There was no folder-view widget.

This is an intended change in our branding, no bug.

See: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/431286

Though I have to say (here) that I also don't really like that sudden change too. And I have no idea who the mentioned majority was that decided it...
But well.
Comment 3 Neil Rickert 2016-10-06 17:40:09 UTC
>This is an intended change in our branding, no bug.

Okay.  Fair enough.

I'm not really bothered by that, since I should be able to change it back for myself.  That I cannot change it back, is the problem.

I'm glad to hear that a fix is on the way.

Perhaps there should be mention of the branding change in the announcements for the release.
Comment 4 Luca Beltrame 2016-10-06 17:51:27 UTC
There are two issues here:

1. The change is indeed a change in the branding;
2. The inability to keep the layout when switching from/to Folder View as a desktop is an actual bug, uncovered and fixed today by Plasma developers.
Comment 5 Bernhard Wiedemann 2016-10-06 18:00:46 UTC
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1003399) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/433626 Factory / plasma5-workspace
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/433627 42.2 / plasma5-workspace
Comment 6 Wolfgang Bauer 2016-10-06 18:18:35 UTC
(In reply to Luca Beltrame from comment #4)
> There are two issues here:
> 
> 1. The change is indeed a change in the branding;
> 2. The inability to keep the layout when switching from/to Folder View as a
> desktop is an actual bug, uncovered and fixed today by Plasma developers.

Yes, and it's obvious that this bug report is about the latter.
Which should be fixed by the latest submits mentioned in comment#5.

I just wanted to clear up #1.
Comment 7 Wolfgang Bauer 2016-10-06 18:23:57 UTC
(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #6)
> I just wanted to clear up #1.

To avoid possible misunderstandings, I wanted to _explain_ #1.
Sorry.
Comment 8 Bernhard Wiedemann 2016-10-06 20:00:47 UTC
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1003399) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/433652 Factory / plasma5-workspace
Comment 9 Bernhard Wiedemann 2016-10-07 20:01:03 UTC
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1003399) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/433797 42.2 / plasma5-workspace
Comment 10 Fabian Vogt 2016-10-20 14:22:36 UTC
Fixed in one of the previous 5.8.0 packages and definitely fixed in 5.8.1.