Hi all,

Every time I log in, Desktop effects are turned off. When I go to the Desktop Effects window in the System settings panel, it says "desktop effects are temporarily disabled". If I select "Resume Desktop Effects", it sometimes says that the Desktop Effects have been disabled by "another application", but after two clicks it usually works.

My questions:

- How can I tell KDE that I always want desktop effects, at least when the computer is plugged in?
- Is there a way to identify the application that suspends the Desktop effects?

Some more details:

- I have checked the powerdevil configuration, and it doesn't seem powerdevil is the culprit.
- I have an intel graphics card (00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
)

Thanks for your answers!

- How can I tell KDE that I always want desktop effects, at least when the computer is plugged in?

Try Desktop Effects -> Advanced -> check Disable functionality checks. This worked for my netbook where composite would be disabled every time I logged in (after upgrade to 4.5.1), Intel GMA 950. I still haven't found the culprit.

Ok, I'll try that, and report back if it doesn't work. Thanks for your answer!

I had the same problem, that fixed it for me beautifully