Bug 1327906

Summary: F23 KDE Dual Display Setup not persistent between logins
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mike Grindle <mgfl986>
Component: kscreenAssignee: Daniel Vrátil <me>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 23CC: jgrulich, jreznik, mbriza, me, mgfl986, ovasik, rdieter, smparrish, than
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Last Closed: 2016-12-20 20:00:29 UTC Type: Bug
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last upgrade before issue surfaced
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errors before logout
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errors after re-login
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errors after re-login-in and reconfigure dual screen none

Description Mike Grindle 2016-04-17 19:25:42 UTC 
Created attachment 1148076 [details]
last upgrade before issue surfaced

Description of problem:

The dual display extended desktop setup reverts to a non-extended desktop (both display the same) with incorrect resolutions after a log-out and log-in. So the dual display setup is not persistent between log-ins.

My setup has been working for months. I ran 'dnf upgrade' on Friday (see list of updates in file: 2016-04-15-dnf-upgrade-history.txt). After one login, I had a Kcrash reported on kf5-kinit and kactivitymanagerd. There is a bug report Bug #1327785.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdeplasma 5.5.5.2
kf5 5.21
qt 5.6.0

See attached file for last upgrade history

How reproducible:
Every login


Steps to Reproduce:

To test the situation, I started with only one monitor connected, at the correct resolution. I powered down the system and connected the second display. I booted the system, logged in and setup the two display extended desktop with the System Settings - Display and Monitor screen. I then made a copy of the .xsession-errors file (labeled: .xsession-errors_1_Dual_Display_setup_working_before_logout). 

I logged-out, waited a bit and logged-in. The dual display setup reverted back to the same display on both screens. I copied the .xsession-errors file again (labelled:  .xsession-errors_2_After_re-log-in_dual_display_setup_not_persistent).

I then reconfigured the dual display, extended desktop setup I had before the log-out. I again made a copy of the .xsession-errors file (labelled:  .xsession-errors_3_After_re-log-in_and_reconfigured_dual_display).

Actual results:
Dual display setup does not persist

Expected results:
Dual screen setup will persist between log-out and log-in

Additional info:
I don't know what other info is needed to identify the source of the problem.
Comment 1 Mike Grindle 2016-04-17 19:27:54 UTC 
Created attachment 1148077 [details]
errors before logout
Comment 2 Mike Grindle 2016-04-17 19:28:40 UTC 
Created attachment 1148078 [details]
errors after re-login
Comment 3 Mike Grindle 2016-04-17 19:29:30 UTC 
Created attachment 1148079 [details]
errors after re-login-in and reconfigure dual screen
Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2016-04-17 20:18:13 UTC 
triaged to kscreen
Comment 5 Mike Grindle 2016-04-18 19:38:58 UTC 
Update - after having logged out/in to the same user dozens of times, now the extended desktop dual display is persistent between sessions. I didn't add/change/update any software on my system so I don't know why it works now or if it will continue to work correctly.

I did log-in to another users account on the same system which I had not touched since before this issue showed. When I logged in to this other user account, it configured the dual display setup correctly.

So I will update further if the situation goes bad again.
Comment 6 Mike Grindle 2016-04-18 23:53:19 UTC 
Further Update - The dual display persistence problem has reappeared. I do not see any pattern on when it will work and when it won't.
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