Description of problem: plasma5 desktop and panel widgets are left locked and no way to unlock and reposition if a user upgrades and has widget locked in pervious version. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): plasma-workspace-5.20.4-5.mga8 How reproducible: upgrade plasma workspace Steps to Reproduce: 1. on fresh install log out of plsama and copy over old .config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc from text console. 2. Login to plasma and see the widgets cant be unlocked. Fix found from googling: user has to run a command "qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell evaluateScript "lockCorona(false)"
Thank you for the report - and the obscure remedy. Unsure what you mean by 'upgrade'. Are you talking about upgrading from Mageia 7 to 8? Or just applying the most recent M8 update to plasma-workspace? plasma-workspace-5.20.4-5.mga8 I will adjust the title accordingly. In case this cannot be fixed before M8 is released, I am marking this for inclusion in ERRATA. If it *does* get fixed in time, that can be removed. Assigning to KDE team.
Assignee: bugsquad => kdeKeywords: (none) => FOR_ERRATA8CC: (none) => lewyssmith
After searching on web it appears that the widget lock/unlock bug (or feature removal) is from plasma version 5.18 onwards. Only way to unlock is by the command "qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell evaluateScript "lockCorona(false)" and to lock: "qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell evaluateScript "lockCorona(false)" I guess it cant be fixed by Mageia KDE team and it has to go into ERRATA. It will affect all mageia 7 to 8 upgrades.
> widget lock/unlock feature removal is from plasma version 5.18 onwards Thank you for your research & the solution. That should help future sufferers. Would it be sensible to say in ERRATA: Plasma5 desktop and panel widgets cannot be locked/unlocked in Plasma version 5.18 onwards. This means that any such widgets locked before the upgrade cannot be unlocked after. So *before* doing a Plasma upgrade, be sure to UNlock all such widgets. If you do find locked widgets after upgrading, this will unlock them: $ qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell evaluateScript "lockCorona(false)"
Entered in Errata, almost verbatim by suggestion, thanks
CC: (none) => friKeywords: FOR_ERRATA8 => IN_ERRATA8
As this bug was for the upgrade path MGA7->MGA8 this should now be no longer applicable for MGA8->MGA9. Is this also valid in MGA9 or why did this land in MGA9 Errata?
No longer applicable for MGA9. As MGA8 is going EOL in 3 month and the upgrade path from MGA7-MGA8 is covered by the Errata entry for MGA8, closing this OLD.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => OLD