Description of problem: The compositor is de-activated and cannot be re-enabled if you log in for a second time in KDE. The taskbar for example is not transparent. The problem is resolved only if you reboot the system and you log in for the first time. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kwin-5.7.1-3.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Log in to KDE for a second time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Reboot the system. 2. Log in to KDE. 3. Logout and try to log in again. Actual results: The compositor is not enabled. The taskbar is losing its transparent layout (oxygen black theme). Expected results: The compositor should have been enabled as the first time you log in to the system. Additional info: The graphics card is: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
I encourage you to report this upstream to bugs.kde.org
I am not using a self compiled KDE version, but the one provided in the repositories. There is no problem reporting it upstream, but can you at least provide any hint for retrieving better information. The Xorg.0.log does not report any issue.
Including the output from: qdbus-qt5 org.kde.KWin /KWin org.kde.KWin.supportInformation is probably a good enough start.
Reported upstream: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366091
Thanks. We'll continue tracking upstream.
There seems to be a patch that resolves the issue. Are you going to prepare a patched RPM for testing purposes or should we wait for the official release?
I was planning on waiting for release, since it's not a critical issue that warrants extra time to backport.
Adding links to upstream fix for posterity, and in case anyone wanted to work on backports, http://commits.kde.org/kwindowsystem/4d355569eea2fae76ed67f791db8abeec1e794f0
Nevermind, according to https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Frameworks next frameworks release (that includes kwindowsystem) is scheduled for later this week, may as well wait for it