Bug#902744: plasma-workspace: Applications won't stay pinned to their Activity
Package: plasma-workspace
Version: 4:5.12.5-1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Applications will not stay "pinned" or "locked" to their assigned Activity. I've tried using
window placement rules by right-clicking on the window title bar and choosing the
appropriate Activity. I've tried to set application placement under Advanced window settings
using both "Remember" and "Force" options--nothing works. After logging out and logging
back in, various applications (all native KDE apps) will show up on in ALL Activities. This
does not happen every time. Sometimes it will be days before it happens, sometimes after
two or three logouts during a single day. This has been happening across several versions
of plasma-workspace. The problem pretty much makes using Actitities pointless. Given the
severity of it, I thought it would eventually be fixed. It hasn't.
The problem is repeatable. I tried cleaning out old config files. I even created a new
user. Same problem. I tried going back to Virtual Desktops, but it happens there as well.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages plasma-workspace depends on:
ii dbus-x11 1.12.8-3
ii drkonqi 5.12.5-1
ii frameworkintegration 5.46.0-1
ii gdb-minimal [gdb] 7.12-6+b2
ii iso-codes 3.79-1
ii kactivitymanagerd 5.12.5-1
ii kde-cli-tools 4:5.12.5-1
ii kded5 5.46.0-1
ii kinit 5.46.0-1
ii kio 5.46.0-1
ii kpackagetool5 5.46.0-1
ii kwin-common 4:5.12.5-1
ii libappstreamqt2 0.12.1-1
ii libc6 2.27-3
ii libcln6 1.3.4-4
ii libcolorcorrect5 4:5.12.5-1
ii libgcc1 1:8.1.0-8
ii libgps23 3.17-5+b1
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-2
ii libkf5activities5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5auth5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5baloo5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5bookmarks5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5calendarevents5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5completion5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5config-bin 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5configcore5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5configgui5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5configwidgets5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5coreaddons5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5crash5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5dbusaddons5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5declarative5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5globalaccel-bin 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5globalaccel5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5guiaddons5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5holidays5 1:5.47.0-1
ii libkf5i18n5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5iconthemes5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5idletime5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5itemviews5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5jobwidgets5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5js5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5jsembed5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5kdelibs4support5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5kiocore5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5kiofilewidgets5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5kiogui5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5kiowidgets5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5networkmanagerqt6 5.47.0-1
ii libkf5newstuff5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5notifications5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5notifyconfig5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5package5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5plasma5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5plasmaquick5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5prison5 5.47.0-1
ii libkf5quickaddons5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5runner5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5service-bin 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5service5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5solid5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5texteditor5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5textwidgets5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5wallet-bin 5.46.0-3
ii libkf5wallet5 5.46.0-3
ii libkf5waylandclient5 4:5.46.0-1
ii libkf5widgetsaddons5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5windowsystem5 5.46.0-1
ii libkf5xmlgui5 5.46.0-1
ii libkscreenlocker5 5.12.2-1
ii libksgrd7 4:5.12.5-1
ii libkworkspace5-5 4:5.12.5-1
ii libphonon4qt5-4 4:4.10.1-1
ii libplasma-geolocation-interface5 4:5.12.5-1
ii libprocesscore7 4:5.12.5-1
ii libprocessui7 4:5.12.5-1
ii libqalculate5v5 0.9.7-9.2+b1
ii libqt5core5a 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libqt5dbus5 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libqt5gui5 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libqt5network5 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libqt5qml5 5.10.1-4
ii libqt5quick5 5.10.1-4
ii libqt5script5 5.10.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5sql5 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libqt5widgets5 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libqt5x11extras5 5.10.1-2
ii libqt5xml5 5.10.1+dfsg-7
ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b3
ii libstdc++6 8.1.0-8
ii libtaskmanager6 4:5.12.5-1
ii libweather-ion7 4:5.12.5-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.5-1
ii libxcb-composite0 1.13-1
ii libxcb-damage0 1.13-1
ii libxcb-image0 0.4.0-1+b2
ii libxcb-randr0 1.13-1
ii libxcb-util0 0.3.8-3+b2
ii libxcb1 1.13-1
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.3-1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1
ii libxtst6 2:1.2.3-1
ii milou 4:5.12.4-1
ii phonon4qt5 4:4.10.1-1
ii plasma-framework 5.46.0-1
ii plasma-integration 5.12.5-1
ii qdbus-qt5 5.10.1-2
ii qml-module-org-kde-draganddrop 5.46.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kcoreaddons 5.46.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kholidays 1:5.47.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrols 5.46.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons 5.46.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kwindowsystem 5.46.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-solid 5.46.0-1
ii qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel 5.10.1-4
ii qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects 5.10.1-2
ii qml-module-qtqml-models2 5.10.1-4
ii qml-module-qtquick-controls 5.10.1-2
ii qml-module-qtquick-dialogs 5.10.1-2
ii qml-module-qtquick-layouts 5.10.1-4
ii qml-module-qtquick-window2 5.10.1-4
ii qml-module-qtquick2 5.10.1-4
ii udisks2 2.7.6-3
ii x11-utils 7.7+4
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+8
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
Versions of packages plasma-workspace recommends:
ii kio-extras 4:17.08.3-2+b1
ii libpam-kwallet5 5.12.1-3
ii powerdevil 4:5.12.5-1
plasma-workspace suggests no packages.
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