Desktop widgets move around randomly

[whatthefunk]

I have a widgets on my desktop. Every time I turn my computer on, they are in a different place. I keep moving them back to where I want them and locking the widgets, but they never stick there for more than one session. Any fix for this?

[OneLine]

It could be...

Background

The plasma desktop /1/,/2/ is saving the setting to the configuration files:
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktoprc
~/.kde/share/config/plasmarc


A)

Maybe the ownership of the plasma configuration files has changed to the root. It should be owned by your username.

Check: File manager > Right click the configuration file > Properties > Permissions
Fix: Start the file manager as root (kdesudo dolphin, kdesudo konqueror) and set the ownership back.


b)

Maybe a configuration file has been damaged. The KDE can't read or write malformed files.

The configuration files are text files and can be edited with a text editor. The plasma desktop need to be halted before you can edit the plasma config files. The applications that are not using the plasma-desktop are still working: Krunner (Alt+F2), Dolphin, Konqueror, Konsole etc.

The plasma system can be stopped with the command:

kquitapp plasma-desktop

And restarted with the command:

plasma-desktop

Another way is to reset the plasma desktop to the defaults /3/:

1) Stop the plasma

2) Rename the plasma config files

3) Restart the plasma.



Links

1. http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma
2. http://community.kde.org/Plasma#Documentation
3. http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...how-to-recover

[whatthefunk]

Still having this problem. Ive done everything in the above post and upgraded to KDE 4.8 but still when I startup, my widgets are scattered all over the desktop.

[dequire]

Still having this problem. Ive done everything in the above post and upgraded to KDE 4.8 but still when I startup, my widgets are scattered all over the desktop.

Not to sound like a cop-out, but I would ask on #KDE via IRC. Another avenue would be to ask on #kubuntu-devel. For tough things like this, I find it better sometimes to go straight to the source

[bra|10n]

You could try with that top dock not running and see what happens.