KDE / Plasma 5 unstabilities

KDE5-unstable.adoc

KDE 5 (Plasma) issues

Wildly unstable

Goes without saying, anything below was working fine with KDE4.

Autostart

Autostart apps configured for .kde4 previously are now just ignored. The format totally changed: from simple symlink before, you now have to create a still simple but far more complex than before file and put it elsewhere so that KDE5 starts your app.

System tray: many applications disappeared

So most things I had there disappeared. Most annoying is e.g. Dropbox because I now can’t see if this is working (syncing, unable to connect…​)

Back to CLI :

$ dropbox status

Seems like it’s because the way to integrate your app to that bar has just changed, and no backwards compatibility layer provided…​

Network

Each time my laptop goes to sleep, the network (wifi) gets disabled. The workaround I’ve found to work is to use the physical button I have to disable/enable the card to make it back working.

Current state autosave

Before KDE5, for example for me, apps started when shutting down were restored after restart. And for Konsole, it even included restoring all the tabs, in the directory they were…​ That was great.

Now, it won’t save anything.

Display / screens

Dual-screen (?)

I’ve a dual-screen setup. Now, each time I log in, KDE will hang for about 30 seconds at the end of the login process. Then finally log me in and the "krunner crash" popup coming.

Dock station

Each time I put my laptop in or out the dock station (and hence use the dual setup), I’m forced to disconnect my session (to reinit the window manager, I guess) to have a usable GUI.

Dolphin

Favorite locations

Take a directory, drag & drop it on the left menu to add it to your favorites. Close, reopen Dolphin. Favorites gone.