Public bug reported: Every time I log into my desktop, the desktop layout picker box pops open on the screen, and asks me to pick a layout again. It never remembers what I pick between log out and log in cycles. It also completely forgets the refresh rate settings I picked the last time I was logged in. This is particularly annoying on my other video card, a Radeon RX 480, because with that card, the two monitors are swapped in the layout and need to be re-swapped again, every time.
I noticed someone else on AskUbuntu who had this same problem, but neglected to file a bug report upstream, and instead resorted to the "fix" of downgrading their machine to Kubuntu 18.04.1, where the issue does not occur. Somehow, this also fixes their machine's handling of the Ryzen C6 state deadlock bug, presumably because it may only be a kernel 4.18 issue. lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 18.10 Release: 18.10 plasma-desktop: Installed: 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I expected the desktop layout popup to occur on first login only, or on monitor plug or unplug while logged in, and for it to remember my settings on log out and subsequent log in. Instead, it asks for my monitor layout every time I log in, and forgets my refresh rate override for my primary monitor, which I reset to 120Hz, even though xrandr recommends 60Hz for some strange reason. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Mon Dec 3 21:30:34 2018 SourcePackage: plasma-desktop UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apport: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apport: 2018-12-02T17:13:49.953026 ** Affects: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1806543 Title: Plasma Desktop on multimonitor setup asks to reconfigure desktop layout on every login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-desktop/+bug/1806543/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs