Bug 956334

Summary:	Icons loose position information every other time
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution	Reporter:	Dieter Jurzitza <dieter.jurzitza>
Component:	KDE Workspace (Plasma)	Assignee:	E-Mail List <opensuse-kde-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	ernst, forgotten_d8u6e9Lt6y
Version:	Leap 42.2
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Hardware:	Other
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Description Dieter Jurzitza 2015-11-23 18:48:07 UTC

I have a set of icons on my desktop. I select "keep positions" in the setup menu and I save the current session every other time.
However, the icon positions get lost very often without apparent cause. This is very annoying as you do not find your applications where you expect them to be.
Thank you for looking into this,
take care




Dieter Jurzitza

Comment 1 Sebastian Ernst 2017-02-18 16:26:39 UTC

This is still the case for openSUSE Leap 42.2.

Reproduce: Configure the KDE Plama Desktop using "Folder View" as its layout, set icons sorting to "unsorted". Place a couple for files and folders in random positions across the desktop. Log out and log back in again (or reboot, alternatively). 

Expected result: Desktop icons remain in their given positions. 

Actual result: Some, but not necessarily all, icons loose their original position and end up in the desktop's top row. Repeat the log out/in procedure, and even more icons loose their position (weird).

Comment 2 Sebastian Ernst 2017-02-18 17:16:24 UTC

Corresponding upstream bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360212

Comment 3 Wolfgang Bauer 2017-02-21 18:58:01 UTC

*** Bug 1024262 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Forgotten User d8u6e9Lt6y 2017-02-24 15:50:47 UTC

I do not know if it can help, but in the main disk (sda) use (/ home) as Btrfs filesystem and icons are in disarray on reboot.
In the "experimental" disk (sdb) use as a file system (/ home) XFS and icons remain in place.
I do not know if you can depend on it.

Comment 5 Sebastian Ernst 2017-02-24 18:33:38 UTC

Besides the different file systems, your two systems (main and experimental) are *identical* (versions of openSUSE) otherwise? I am using ext4 across the board ...

Comment 6 Tomáš Chvátal 2018-04-17 13:23:03 UTC

This is automated batch bugzilla cleanup.

The openSUSE 42.2 changed to end-of-life (EOL [1]) status. As such
it is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any
further security or bug fix updates.
As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
openSUSE, or you can still observe it under openSUSE Leap 15.0, please
feel free to reopen this bug against that version (see the "Version"
component in the bug fields), or alternatively open
a new ticket.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed
during the lifetime of the release.

[1] https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime