Hi I need some help finding all the plasma config files that might be affected by a change in screen layout/monitor configuration -- configs for panels, widgets, activities, etc etc.


I currently have an ati radeon 6970, with three monitors at my desk, and a tv connected to one of the displayPorts. Plasma version is 5.9.2 on gentoo.

I like to switch between using the triple-head at the desk, and using only the tv (one or the other). I have made a couple scripts that copy configs for X11 and plasma to enable me to switch easily.

This script setup was working well for me in the past but I think something changed and I'm not getting all the config files I need to copy, I started getting major graphics gliches/flickering/failure to redraw/etc on the TV (but only on the tv, and only within KDE/Plasma5 - console and xfce both work fine so it's not hardware).

Currently I have separate DESK and TV versions of the following config files, and my scripts switch between them, as well as the xorg config. (I startDesk or startTv instead of startx),

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~/.config/plasma-localerc
~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
~/.config/plasmarc
~/.config/plasmashellrc


Am I missing any important files? Is there a better way?

I know I can use xrandr to switch X screen layout on the fly, but plasma gets completely screwed up (panels, etc) if I do that. If there is a way to do it on the fly without logging out, while maintaining separate panel/widget configurations for the triple-head vs. the TV I'd love to do it that way!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!