This issue existed in 9.04 for me as well as 9.10 now, but I figured it was a config file bug due to a distro upgrade and so I lived with it, however, I did 9.10 as a clean install and the problem still persists.

In short, the problem is setting each monitor's desktop background to Slideshow.

Here is the part of the plasma-desktop-appletsrc file:

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[Containments][30]
activity=Desktop
desktop=-1
formfactor=0
geometry=0,0,1440,900
immutability=1
location=0
plugin=desktop
screen=0
wallpaperplugin=image
wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow
zvalue=0

[Containments][30][Wallpaper][image]
slideTimer=43200
slidepaths=/home/cpradio/Personal/DesktopWallpaper
userswallpapers=
wallpaper=/usr/share/wallpapers/Air
wallpapercolor=56,111,150
wallpaperposition=0

[Containments][31]
activity=Desktop
desktop=-1
formfactor=0
geometry=1446,0,1440,900
immutability=1
location=0
plugin=desktop
screen=1
wallpaperplugin=image
wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow
zvalue=0

[Containments][31][Wallpaper][image]
slideTimer=43200
slidepaths=/home/cpradio/Personal/DesktopWallpaper
userswallpapers=
wallpaper=/usr/share/wallpapers/Air
wallpapercolor=56,111,150
wallpaperposition=0

When I logout and log back in, [Containments][30] does not load a desktop wallpaper. However, [Containments][31] does load a desktop wallpaper. If I right click on [Containments][30]'s background and select Desktop Settings, the settings are correct and as soon as I click OK, the desktop wallpaper loads.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I realize it is an extremely small issue, but it is annoying.

This definitely sounds like a bug in Plasma related to wallpaper handling.

As a test, try creating your multi wallpaper configuration under a new user, and see if you can reproduce. If you can, please file a bug.

Are there any logs that may be useful if I need to file a bug report, and is there any documentation to help me get those logs for you? I'm not new to command line interactions, but definitely new to filing bugs.

Matt

Thanks, for all those curious, someone beat me to the bug report
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212517