Hello all,

I am having problems with the pager not keeping the 2 row setting and displaying in a single row after a reboot/logout. I set the panel to auto hide and made it a little higher. I even tried to make the file ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc read only and it ignored the file and still set it to a single row!

Can anyone help me fix this so it keeps the 2 row setting?

Thanks in advance,
CharlieB

Have you ticked "Force Row Settings" in its settings?

I don't see an option for "force row settings" for the pager. Just for the task manager (which is set by the way).

I forgot to mention in my original post that the pager loses the 2 row setting about half the time. It does keep it sometimes. It is very strange. Also somehow I had 2 pagers (only 1 was visible) and had to edit the plasma-appletsrc file by hand to remove the other one.

Any ideas?
Thanks again.

Which KDE version do you use? You should have a "Number of rows" option in the Pager Settings dialog (and it works for me).

I use KDE 4.2.2. Yes I have the "number of rows" setting but it won't stick between reboots at times.

I guess no one else is having this problem

What file(s) is this setting stored in so I can make it read only. I tried the file plasma-appletsrc.

That is the file in question. It is probably a bug, however it could be fixed in 4.3, so please update and re-test when it is released.

If I make that file read only again, is there a way to make plasma read it again from the command line? I'm thinking of making a startup script that forces plasma to read the file.

I do not know if that is possible. You may wish to check its D-Bus interface using QDBusViewer

When I quit and restart plasma the pager is at the correct setting. However when restarting plasma I get this:

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[charlie@localhost ~]$ kquitapp plasma
[charlie@localhost ~]$ plasma
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout
Object::connect: Attempt to bind non-signal TaskManager::TaskGroup::editRequest()
QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
plasma(25571)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(-8, 20)
plasma(25571)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(0, 0)
plasma(25571)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(-8, 20)
plasma(25571)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(0, 0)
[charlie@localhost ~]$ QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver


Any idea what that could mean? Maybe the problem would be fixed if those errors could be fixed?

Those errors are non fatal, and could be related to any of the Applets you use. They are likely unrelated to the problem.

You are not the only one; I experience the same problem (about 40-50% of the time the pagers 2 rows suddenly turns into one. I am also seeing a probably related problems of the pager sometimes getting confused thinking I only have one virtual desktop. I then have to add another desktop to force an update, and then decrease again. Annoying bug.

Running 4.3 rc2 here

I have the same problem in 4.7.2.

I have nine workspaces configured in a 3x3 grid with 3 columns and 3 rows. There is an intermittent problem: when I reboot sometimes the pager starts up with 2 rows (six desktops in the first row and three in the second). When I visit the pager settings dialog, the dialog shows the correct number of rows, i.e. 3. I have to reconfigure it with 2 rows, apply settings, and then reconfigure it with 3 rows in order to recover the original configuration.

Should I file a bug report?

I have this problem on 4.7.4 too, but with a funny effect: I use a vertical panel with the pager configured as one column, four rows, but sometimes when I log-in to the system this change to one row only

not very useful...

I would recommend filing a bug in this case, it is possibly a setting which is not being saved or loaded correctly, and just being saved in internal state.