Hi, this started happening after the big update.
When I try to open timeshift (or other software that requires root permissions), the authentication window opens off-screen and I can’t see it. I always have to click on the taskbar and then press Ctrl + Alt + Arrow keys to bring it onto one of my screens, or use Right click → More → Move.
I don’t know what’s causing this, but I’d like the window to appear centered on my screen like it did before.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks! 
Hi @ZeR0ByTe,
All I can offer is that you confirm the monitor you wish it to appear on is your primary monitor.
Thanks for your reply @Mirdarthos and yes, it’s my primary monitor.
I don’t know what is happening 
I don’t know, either. But I have seen some placement errors personally on my end as well. But nothing like that.
It might not be a solution, but there is a workaround answer for you for the meantime:
You could simply create a window rule and force it to always be on the correct monitor.
It could be a DE gtk/qt theming issue. Please provide
inxi -zv8
I don’t think that the window position is a user-settable option.
It is, from the vantage of the window manager, but with a caveat.
Plasma allows you to override the application’s preferences for window position — and you can even enforce this by way of window rules — but the application itself has to allow for it as well, and sometimes the two are at odds with one another, which then usually means that the application wins the power struggle and puts its window where it damn well pleases. 
I tried to apply rules for the window but it doesn’t work
Here you have the details @Wollie:
System:
Kernel: 6.12.61-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=e8ad0b83-8ba5-4838-bd74-fb0464854b35 rw
resume=UUID=f868137e-dac2-4bd8-b260-70ad9aef5f1d udev.log_priority=3
optimus-manager.startup=hybrid nvidia_drm.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.20.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: PCSpecialist product: GM6PX0X v: Standard
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: TongFang model: GM6PX0X v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0001 uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American
Megatrends LLC. v: N.1.09A02 date: 05/15/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 98.1 Wh (99%) condition: 99.1/99.1 Wh (100%) volts: 16.44
min: 15.48 model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter> charging:
status: not charging cycles: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.53 GiB used: 5.16 GiB (8.2%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Controller0-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous
size: 32 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMS5X32G2A48C40A2-PC serial: N/A
Device-2: Controller1-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous
size: 32 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMS5X32G2A48C40A2-PC serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x132
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 12 cores: 24 threads: 32 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 2.1 MiB desc: d-16x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 16x64 KiB L2: 32 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 4x4 MiB L3: 36 MiB desc: 1x36 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5200:5400:3900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800
24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800 29: 800 30: 800 31: 800 32: 800
bogomips: 154880
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vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: AIstone Global
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2020-21 ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile]
vendor: AIstone Global driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-11) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
ports: active: none off: DP-3,HDMI-A-5 empty: DP-4,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:28a0 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Trust USB Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 145f:0203
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Chicony FHD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b7c2
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5360x1440 s-dpi: 110 s-size: 1239x333mm (48.78x13.11")
s-diag: 1283mm (50.51")
Monitor-1: not-matched mapped: DP-0 pos: primary,top-right res:
mode: 3440x1440 hz: 160 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109
size: 800x330mm (31.5x12.99") diag: 865mm (34.07") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: not-matched mapped: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-l res: mode: 1920x1080
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54")
diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
Monitor-3: eDP-1 mapped: eDP-1-1 note: disabled model: BOE Display 0x0a3b
built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 189 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.647
y: 0.325 green: x: 0.290 y: 0.620 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314
y: 0.329 size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46") diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10
modes: 2560x1600
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown tag 112
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.105.08
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
GPU/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 8 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08
device-ID: 10de:28a0 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:a788 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: AIstone Global
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107 High Definition Audio vendor: AIstone Global
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Trust USB Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 145f:0203
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.12.61-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 700 Series CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: AIstone Global driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 3a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp58s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-2: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
IP v4: <filter> scope: global
IP v6: <filter> scope: global
IP v6: <filter> virtual: stable-privacy proto kernel_ll scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,sshd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:10 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 644.05 GiB (33.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Solidgm model: SSDPFKNU020TZ
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 120 GiB size: 117.81 GiB (98.17%) used: 98.14 GiB (83.3%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: e8ad0b83-8ba5-4838-bd74-fb0464854b35
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 301 MiB size: 300.4 MiB (99.79%)
used: 308 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 539B-5961
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.34 TiB size: 1.31 TiB (98.35%)
used: 545.9 GiB (40.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
label: N/A uuid: 49795415-6145-464f-af91-3da018e865f9
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: f868137e-dac2-4bd8-b260-70ad9aef5f1d
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Trust Primo Deskset type: keyboard,mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 145f:0328 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Trust USB Camera type: video,audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 145f:0203 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Chicony FHD Webcam type: video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b7c2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-6:5 info: Integrated Express ITE Device(8233)
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 048d:7000 class-ID: 0300
Device-5: 1-8:6 info: Integrated Express ITE Device(8176) type: keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5000 class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 1-9:7 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 5 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 0bda:5411
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-9.3:9 info: LG USA 27UP850 - WK.AEUDCSN External Monitor 4K
type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 043e:9a39
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-10:8 info: Integrated Express ITE Device(8291)
type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 048d:ce00 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-14:10 info: Intel AX211 Bluetooth type: bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
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class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 42 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 1885 pm: dpkg pkgs: 1 pm: pacman pkgs: 1810 libs: 432
tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 59 pm: snap pkgs: 15
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirror.hostiko.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 552
1: cpu: 17.7% command: firefox pid: 4834 mem: 654.8 MiB (1.0%)
2: cpu: 4.4% command: kitty pid: 11765 mem: 137.3 MiB (0.2%)
3: cpu: 3.9% command: kwin_x11 pid: 2357 mem: 297.3 MiB (0.4%)
4: cpu: 3.2% command: started-by: electron pid: 3098 mem: 236.2 MiB (0.3%)
5: cpu: 3.1% command: Xorg pid: 1530 mem: 138.4 MiB (0.2%)
Memory top: 5 of 552
1: mem: 654.8 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 4834 cpu: 17.7%
2: mem: 637.2 MiB (0.9%) command: firefox pid: 5652 cpu: 2.2%
3: mem: 558.0 MiB (0.8%) command: plasmashell pid: 2523 cpu: 2.0%
4: mem: 437.1 MiB (0.6%) command: electron pid: 3643 cpu: 2.9%
5: mem: 398.2 MiB (0.6%) command: firefox pid: 6374 cpu: 0.8%
Info:
Processes: 552 Power: uptime: 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 24.98 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: zellij
inxi: 3.3.40
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Thanks for try to help me. I hope we can solve it 
Have you tried to login using Wayland?
I don’t want to use Wayland because there are a lot of apps I need for work, like Zoom or Slack, and they don’t work properly on Wayland
Thanks for your suggestion
They should still be supported by xwayland, which is running an X11 instance as a client on top of Wayland.
I would create a new user and login into it. Sometimes it’s a question of settings of whatever app. If it’s better we have a starting point.
The problem is sharing the screen in both
Tomorrow I will try and create a new user and I will write here again.
Thanks both
Hi @Wollie and @Aragorn, sorry for the delay.
I created a new user called test with the default KDE configuration, and when I opened timeshift, the authentication dialog appeared perfectly centered on my main screen.
I don’t understand why it’s not working correctly in my user.
In the Manjaro Global Settings section of my dotfiles
you can see the customizations and tweaks I use to personalize my setup. However, before the update, the authentication dialog was always centered.
Thanks again for trying to help and if you have more ideas let me know please
Worth noting, maybe, that some time back I had issues with dialogues and Panel pop-ups appearing in the wrong places; for me, the fix was to clear ALL Window Rules.
Thanks for your reply @BG405.
I found 3 rules (only one created for me) and the others maybe by error or I don’t know, but I deleted all the rules and I have the same result
Was this after a log-out & log-in? 
Not sure if it will make a difference but worth a try.
Yes, I restarted my laptop and same result. Also I deactivated kzones (Kwin script that I’m using for windows) but didn’t work it
Hi again, the only way I managed to solve the problem was by doing the following:
Right-click on the window title bar → More Actions → Configure Special Application Settings
(don’t confuse it with Configure Special Window Settings) 
I don’t like this solution because if I leave home and use the laptop on its own, I don’t know what will happen with the position 3310x604.
I tried using Initial placement: Centered, but it doesn’t work
If anyone knows a better approach, I’m still open to suggestions. I don’t want to mark this as the accepted solution yet because I’m not happy with it.
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