https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469445
--- Comment #45 from pallaswept <pallasw...@proton.me> --- Quick helper comment for end-users suffering/fixing this issue: Today, I tried to clean up my screenmapping entry, and remove the entries (seen above) for files that didn't exist. Since I only need two positioned, I just removed all off them (so, screenmapping=<no text here>) , then saving the file. Then I just moved the two remaining desktop items, and it would recreate the screenmapping entry - complete with the glitched entries for files that didn't exist! I guess it wa cached somewhere. So, I cleaned up the screenmapping entry by completely emptying it (so, screenmapping=<no text here>) and saved the file, and didn't move any icons (so that that screenmapping entry would not be updated), and rebooted (just log out/log in would probably work just the same) When I logged in, the plasma session kinda locked up. I saw my desktop, I could move my mouse, and it was leaving a trail of cursors, and the panels didn't appear. It was just like when the screenmapping entry was too long. "Oh no, I broke it!", I thought. It was unresponsive like this, with the mouse cursor leaving a trail and an empty desktop, for a good 20 seconds. I was thinking I might have to kill the session somehow and restore the glitched screenmapping entry.......... And then suddenly, it all came back to life, the panels appeared, the mouse stopped leaving a trail, and I moved my two icons to where I want them, and the appropriate screenmapping entries were created, without all the extra junk, and everything is fine. So TL;DR, if you empty the screenmapping entry, then reboot, and when you log in again it seems like it's crashed/frozen.....be patient, Really patient, I'm not exaggerating, it was a good 20+ seconds of unresponsive UI+glitched mouse cursor+no panels..... It seemed like forever and I was about to give up and kill it..... but it DID come back in the end. Just give it a little more time than you think it needs, it'll probably be OK any minute now.... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
