Re: 5.8 multiscreen problems

[Fredy Neeser]

Steven Haigh <netwiz(a)crc.id.au&gt; wrote on 06.10.2016 14:01:17:

...
>  System 2:
>     Hardware:   Dell Latitude with intel graphics
>     Screens:   2 x DVI screens via docking station.
>
>  Problem:
>  On logging in with a new user account (an empty $HOME), I get the
>  'factory default' view on both screens. No panel is displayed. If you
>  right click the desktop, then Add Panel, nothing displays. doing
>  "killall plasmashell && plasmashell &" via krunner (Alt + F2), then
> upon
>  loading plasmashell, I get the normal panel plus an extra panel for
>  every "Add Panel" selected. 
With Plasma 5.7.5 (and it seems with 5.8.0 as well), Plasma
crashes when I try to add a second panel with my dual-screen
(laptop + ext. monitor) setup.

However, at the next login to Plasma, the second panel is present as well.

I still have to do further testing to see if the crashes depend
on which screen I perform the "Add Panel".

Fredy Neeser
IBM Zurich Research Lab