Further info: When I log out and back in, the second monitor displays rubbish. When I run plasma-desktop manually, I get the following messages:
$ plasma-desktop QDBusObjectPath: invalid path "" Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) QGraphicsLinearLayout::removeAt: invalid index 0 plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/usr/share/applications/kde4/Kontact.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/usr/share/applications/kde4/konsole.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/163877.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/163876.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/163873.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/163872.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/163867.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/163866.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/Derivatives.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/DEX.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "/home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/.desktop" not found plasma-desktop(2802)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/solid_hal_power.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function. plasma-desktop(2802) Solid::Control::ManagerBasePrivate::loadBackend: Backend loaded: "HAL-Power" plasma-desktop(2802)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(-4, -2) plasma-desktop(2802)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(-4, -2) plasma-desktop(2802)/libplasma Plasma::FrameSvg::resizeFrame: Invalid size QSizeF(-4, -2) QGraphicsLinearLayout::removeAt: invalid index 0 QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/grsv01/gr_comp/grlrw0/.config/ibus/bus Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address. IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon Invalid D-BUS interface name 'org.kde.plasma-desktop.PlasmaApp' found while parsing introspection plasma-desktop(2802)/plasma SystemTray::DBusSystemTrayWidget::createMenuImporter: DBusMenu disabled for this application -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-workspace in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976397 Title: in Kubuntu 12.04, plasma-desktop does not start in the KDE session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-workspace/+bug/976397/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs