Plasma/X11 Known Significant Issues: Difference between revisions

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== NVIDIA ==
== NVIDIA ==
* When reenabling compositing, sometimes windows begin flickering and flipping upside-down: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450301
* When reenabling compositing, sometimes windows begin flickering and flipping upside-down: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450301
* In Spectacle, Rectangular Region background is sometimes bleached white with certain NVIDIA GPUs: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469022


== System Settings ==
== System Settings ==
* Acceleration profile settings of Mouse & Touchpad KCMs are missing depending on how you open the KCM: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448953
* Acceleration profile settings of Mouse & Touchpad KCMs are missing depending on how you open the KCM: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448953

Revision as of 17:07, 21 May 2024

This page tracks the "Errata/Known issues" that are specific to the the Plasma X11 session: significant quality-of-life annoyances, significant problems with workarounds, etc. It is the X11-specific companion to Plasma/Wayland Known Significant Issues.


X server

  • If the X server crashes, all apps are killed
  • If a context menu is open, it blocks automatic screen locking and global shortcuts
  • No isolation between processes; any app can spy on what other apps are doing
  • No protection from malicious apps secretly recording keystrokes or the screen, etc

Multiscreen/scaling

Plasma

KWin/rendering/graphics

NVIDIA

System Settings