Plasma 6 observations

[Schwarzer Kater]

Edit: for those who are interested the current (updated) list of "my" little bugs can be found here: A medley of (non-critical) bugs in Plasma 6 that I have encountered

The following list is partially outdated!

Some non-critical bugs in Plasma 6 (KDE neon) - for your pleasure :

• Plasma Panel
  1.The gap between floating Plasma Panels and windows of contained widgets is too big most of the time (twice as big compared to the gap between a floating panel and the edge of the screen?).
  Examples with too big of a gap: Application Launcher, System Tray, Digital Clock, Weather Report, Calculator widget, Dictionary widget.
  Examples with correct gap: mouse over information, Folder View widget
  
  2. Configure Panel -> Height: individually setting the height (“Custom”) in a vertical (floating) panel does not work properly (Wayland) or the rulers to do so are not displayed at all (X11).

• Plasma Panel / Individual Core Usage widget
  The Individual Core Usage widget is more or less blank when used in a vertical floating Plasma Panel that is (in my case) narrower than about 300 pixels.

• Grid View and Overview
  1. System Settings -> Input & Output -> Mouse & Touchpad -> Screen Edges: Grid View is missing as an option (one can only use/activate it with a key shortcut…).
  
  2. Overview does not work with virtual desktops in a grid (e.g. 2x2 or 3x3): no virtual desktops at all are displayed at the top then. It worked in Plasma 5.27.
  
  3. Design flaw both in Grid View and Overview: exaggeratedly rounded corners that cannot be found anywhere else in KDE Plasma 6.
  A standard rounding from other Plasma elements for the corners like e.g. the ones in the floating Plasma Panel or in applications like Dolphin should be used for a professional overall look/more consistency.

• Dolphin
  Panels disappear every time it is minimized.

• Yakuake
  The upper half of the first line is missing when used with a floating top panel.

• Breeze Icons
  Some are missing, like the coloured one for the Trash widget.

• System Settings
• The labelling has a logical error (sorry Nate ;-) ): to use "Internet" as a heading for network stuff is unfortunate - network is not always internet, but internet is a sub-category of network (or a pool of connected networks).

PS: Most of the other bugs due to packaging/configuration errors in KDE neon seem to have been solved in the meantime.

[Snowhog]

Missing "s" in Exec line - do I get a cake now? I love cake…

Here’ your cake!

[Schwarzer Kater]

[joneall]

Sorry, I'm lost here. Is this problem "resolved" for use in a virtual machine? I don't get at all what the files are in /usr/share/dbus-1 and I don't have the files mentioned.

I have the same problems with the logout buttons. Plus, all my apps came up in the root activity, not where they should have been.I will try selecting Plasma11 at logon.

[Beerislife]

Merkuro calendar fails to start... Problems with Akonodai..

wayne@Lenovo-IdeaCentre:~$ merkuro-calendar
qt.qml.typeresolution.cycle: Cyclic dependency detected between "qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/desktop/private/TextFieldContextMenu.qml" and "qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/desktop/MenuItem.qml"
qrc:/main.qml:738:9: QML ScheduleView: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene.
org.kde.merkuro.calendar: Not resetting IOC from source as no core calendar set.
qrc:/BasicMonthListView.qml:174:17: QML ListSectionHeader: Binding loop detected for property "implicitWidth"
qrc:/BasicMonthListView.qml:174:17: QML ListSectionHeader: Binding loop detected for property "implicitWidth"
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QStr ing,QString,QString)
org.kde.pim.akonadicontrol: Service org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Control.lock already registered, terminating now.
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server...
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: mysqld not found. Please verify your installation
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Shutting down AkonadiServer...
org.kde.pim.akonadicontrol: Application '/usr/bin/akonadiserver' exited normally...
org.kde.pim.akonadicalendar: Search failed: ""
org.kde.pim.akonadicalendar: Search failed: ""
org.kde.pim.akonadicore: Job error: "" for collection: QList()
org.kde.pim.akonadicore: Could not start/stop Akonadi!
qrc:/BasicMonthListView.qml:174:17: QML ListSectionHeader: Binding loop detected for property "implicitWidth"
qrc:/main.qml:726:9: QML MonthView: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene.
Segmentation fault

[joneall]

I would add that everything is slow. Movement of a window I drag across the display is jerky. And I'm using Plasma11 now.

[jglen490]

Those darn "ksmerver" things will get you every time

[Beerislife]

Running X-Plane under Wayland for me is a no-no! There are so many graphical glitches during start-up.
Once you choose a plane and airport it is OK-ish... Moving the mouse makes the screen blank for several
seconds and you can't click anything anyway. So, right now I'm still on X11, where it's OK, except for one
X-Plane crash I had.

I may drop back to Mint Cinnamon until the next point release. I can wait a few weeks.....

[joneall]

My problems started when I did a dist-upgrade in apt-get. Is there any way I can tell apt-get dist-upgrade to continue with X11 and ignore Wayland? It's really a disaster.

[Snowhog]

All you have to do is select Plasma (X11) from the SDDM Login Screen. It's in the bottom left of the screen.

[joneall]

All you have to do is select Plasma (X11) from the SDDM Login Screen. It's in the bottom left of the screen.

And then it will only install fixes for X11? In that case, why did it ever install Wayland in the first case. It happened as a result of a dist-upgrade in the previous X11 version.

[Snowhog]

And then it will only install fixes for X11?

No. That will start your Desktop using Plasma X11. Plasma 6 is now part of KDE neon, and if you had KDE neon upgraded, either with apt-get dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade, you have Plasma 6.

[melonmanolp]

Problem resolved today with the update!!!

[Beerislife]

Another niggle is right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Open Terminal does nothing!

[Snowhog]

In a Wayland session? There is no Open Terminal when I right-click the Desktop in an X11 session.