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lamarozzo

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Registered: 2008-06-29

Posts: 25

something on my kde desktop

I've just installed kde on my computer, after the break I took with the 4.x series.

On my desktop, in the left upper corner there is a transparent 'something' (a widget?) which I cannot get rid of.
Here's the image. Can you see the empty thing?

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Any hint?

JokerBoy

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From: România

Registered: 2009-09-24

Posts: 641

Re: something on my kde desktop

i think it's a folder view

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lamarozzo

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Registered: 2008-06-29

Posts: 25

Re: something on my kde desktop

But if I right click on it, I don't see the usual plasma options (like the one for closing it), but just the ordinary menu I get clicking somewhere else on the wallpaper.

JokerBoy

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From: România

Registered: 2009-09-24

Posts: 641

Re: something on my kde desktop

have you tried to go to `add a new widget` (or something like that, not a kde user anymore) and search for the folder view widget to see if that is already one added/running?

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mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

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Re: something on my kde desktop

I had that happen yesterday. I just logged out and back in and it went away.

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lamarozzo

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Registered: 2008-06-29

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Re: something on my kde desktop

Ok, probably it's not the folder widget since it doesn't show any in the 'add new widget' form.

It is visually very annoying!

lamarozzo

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Registered: 2008-06-29

Posts: 25

Re: something on my kde desktop

It happened to me also. Yesterday I logout out and it went away. But today I tried logging out and also rebooting, but nothing! :-(

bernarcher

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 2,281

Re: something on my kde desktop

This is most probably caused by some desktop effects. Similar artefacts have been reported elsewhere.

I cannot verify because I currently do not run KDE but as far as I remember disabling drop shadows or the like did help in some cases.

Last edited by bernarcher (2010-10-08 15:49:10)

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lamarozzo

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Registered: 2008-06-29

Posts: 25

Re: something on my kde desktop

You are right! I disabled Shadows in 'System Settings'->'Desktop effects' and I got rid of the empy box! Thanks!

hamelg

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From: France

Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 129

Re: something on my kde desktop

Me too, I have this issue
It seems it has appeared since the xorg upgrade 1.9, last week.
When the kde session is starting up, there is a furtive white box just before the background displays.
I use the nvidia driver 256.53-1

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=106236

Last edited by hamelg (2010-10-08 18:33:07)

RobertMe

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2010-07-04

Posts: 45

Re: something on my kde desktop

May be this bug/missing letter? I think it's best to test the cases described in the post, and if you can confirm all of them open a bug report in the arch bugtracker and request a merge of this patch

hamelg

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From: France

Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 129

Re: something on my kde desktop

May be this bug/missing letter?

Not possible, this bug has been introduced after the kdelibs version 4.5.2.

Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 689

Re: something on my kde desktop

If you still have this problem, try restarting plasma with:

kquitapp plasma-desktop

Or remove the activity on which you have this problem.

Last edited by Primoz (2010-10-08 22:03:17)

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canen

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From: Jamaica

Registered: 2008-11-28

Posts: 35

Re: something on my kde desktop

Bug already reported upstream: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251537

Harey

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From: Bavaria, Germany

Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 374

Re: something on my kde desktop

Switching desktop effects off and on again (press Shift/alt/F12 twice) kills the rectangle for me. Seems like a shadow that is not removed correctly, maybe from initial desktop painting. But this doesn't happen all the time so it will be hard to catch I guess...

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allchemic

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Registered: 2010-11-05

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Re: something on my kde desktop

This look similar. It's today clean install KDE 4.5 with nvidia 260.19.12 drivers. Screenshoot was made without composition.
This activity have exact size of my second screen (1360 x 768) and it's disappear when i click on "external" activity

Last edited by allchemic (2010-11-05 14:48:20)

mizogs

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Registered: 2009-11-26

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Re: something on my kde desktop

The solution of "shift + alt + F12" worked for me, I only needed to press it once. (running KDE 4.5.3-1 & nvidia 260.19.21-1)

Now the question is "WHY?"

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wirr

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Registered: 2009-10-25

Posts: 70

Re: something on my kde desktop

Do you have intel ?
Try "6.2 KMS Issue: console is limited to small area"

forkboy

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From: Blackpool, England

Registered: 2005-09-03

Posts: 74

Re: something on my kde desktop

Problem exists here, running the latest nvidia drivers. "shift + alt + F12" works, but I have to do it at almost every login, which is kinda annoying.

wirr

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Registered: 2009-10-25

Posts: 70

Re: something on my kde desktop

hey, did you try:

$ xrandr
$ xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto
$ xrandr --output TV1 --off

or something similar?

"WHY"? My bet is: You have multiple outputs enabled, but no external monitor connected.