catsout
Black screen on startup.
Describe the bug
As stated in title. Screen keeps black and doesn't show the wallpaper. I've tried to change to other wallpapers and it kept being black.
It sometimes flashes white when changing wallpapers.
Workshop link
1311951951
System Information
- Kde: Plasma 5.25.1
- Qt: 5.15.5
- OS: Arch / Garuda
- Installation Source: git
Additional context
Pc with open source drivers from AMD (installed card: Rx6800)
I'm also getting a black screen, and this is in my logs: qml: JSON.parse: Parse error
Different wallpaper, I recently updated to Qt 5.15.5, maybe it has something to do with that?
I'm also getting a black screen, and this is in my logs: qml: JSON.parse: Parse error
Different wallpaper, I recently updated to Qt 5.15.5, maybe it has something to do with that?
I'm seeing those errors in my log as well, but it does work.
It wasn't at first, so I cloned the repo and build it myself, still wasn't working, just went through the README and did the log-out and login step, everything worked without any issue (but the error still appearing in the logs).
I'm using the MPV backend, I don't know if QtMultimedia works, but I'm not going to test it I guess.
Hrm, I just noticed these too: ERROR Instance.cpp:209 VkResult is " ErrorOutOfHostMemory " ERROR VulkanRender.cpp:137 init vulkan failed
Wonder if this is the actual problem.
Well, I have found and fixed my problem, I was readying my laptop (Gentoo install) for my new laptop that's coming soon (AMDGPU) and mesa installed icd's for the amd stuff and that's what broke vulkan, I just removed the AMD icds and now it works again.
I'm such a newb with vulkan.
@SuperFes solution is not great - Vulcan is fully working for me.
The following happens for me when freshly cold-booting my PC:
- KDE startup screen shows up and finishes.
- KDE control bars fully appear on all screens.
- KDE desktop backgrounds fail to load, resulting in black and unresponsive desktop backgrounds (even right clicking won't work)
The only way to get everything (including this plugin) working again is ALT + F2 (KRunner) and entering plasmashell --replace, thus restarting Plasma Shell.
The following relevant logs are appearing in the syslog upon first start (when this occurs):
09:23 plasma_session org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.plasmashell.desktop" ("/usr/bin/plasmashell")
09:23 plasmashell kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1
09:23 plasmashell qml: JSON.parse: Parse error
09:23 plasmashell qml: load backend: backend/Scene.qml
09:23 plasmashell file:///usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/com.github.casout.wallpaperEngineKde/contents/ui/PowerSource.qml:11:5: Unable to assign [undefined] to int
09:23 plasmashell qml: JSON.parse: Parse error
09:23 plasmashell qml: PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea is deprecated. Use PlasmaComponents3.ScrollView instead.
09:23 plasmashell qml: PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea is deprecated. Use PlasmaComponents3.ScrollView instead.
09:23 plasmashell qml: PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea is deprecated. Use PlasmaComponents3.ScrollView instead.
09:23 plasmashell Plasma Shell startup completed
09:23 plasmashell file:///usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/com.github.casout.wallpaperEngineKde/contents/ui/PowerSource.qml:11:5: Unable to assign [undefined] to int
09:23 plasmashell qml: JSON.parse: Parse error
09:23 plasmashell file:///usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/com.github.casout.wallpaperEngineKde/contents/ui/PowerSource.qml:11:5: Unable to assign [undefined] to int
09:23 plasmashell qml: JSON.parse: Parse error
09:23 plasmashell Both point size and pixel size set. Using pixel size.
If you're not using the Wallpaper Engine on any screen as background, KDE just starts as normal and without crashing.
Interestingly, the same lines are getting logged after replacing plasmashell - so I'm not able to directly identify the error message that's causing all of this. Maybe there is a log file I could check for more information?
My system info:
Wallpaper Engine Plasma: 0.5.4
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Graphics Platform: X11
@catsout Can you please check what's going on here? Something is going wrong with many installs.
I have the same issue as @danir-de , except that I am still able to right click and change the wallpaper. EDIT: My issue was likely caused by the Wallpaper Engine being installed on a Veracrypt-encrypted drive, which was only mounted after the login. So most likely unrelated to OP
i have same problem here.
but i remove /home/stone/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc is file and reconfigure the wallpaper type as Wallpaper Engine for Kde and it work as expected
EDIT: before removing this file, the kde stock wallpaper is working unexpected as well (black screen)
I'm having this issue as well, editing ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc and removing the wallpaper source lines and restarting plasmashell gets it to work until next reboot or until the system tries to sleep/lock. I have to set the wallpaper again after restarting plasmashell as I get the "your source may be broken" message in yellow on the desktop until I do so.
Normal wallpapers work as expected.
Taskbar is not visible as KDE desktop crashes for me, and fails to coredump. It is still alive enough for me to CTRL+ALT+T to get a terminal and do the above.
I've tried reinstalling this plugin a few times. I am running arch, so I've tried the AUR versions (git and normal release) and have tried building from source. The two AUR editions work as expected, but after this recent update I can no longer build this plugin from source, which is how I had originally installed it.
Operating System: Gentoo Linux 2.13
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 5.4.228-gentoo (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Previously: During boot, the KDE taskbar appears, but occasionally the desktop is black. When loading completes, the desktop is unresponsive, even though icons are visible. I have been killing the plasmashell process with
killall plasmashell
then restarting it. After restarting, it works.
Recently: Following the most recent update, the desktop is black every single time. Restarting plasmashell "resolves" it.
Modifications to the config files such as ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc do not persist.
This issue is actually really old. I've observed it on and off for years. I admit to being a bit puzzled that it hasn't been fixed. That suggests that the problem is in the design.
I have the same issue.
NAME="Manjaro Linux"
plasmashell 5.27.10
Qt: 5.15.11
KDE Frameworks: 5.113.0
kf5-config: 1.0
My workaround was:
kbuildsycoca5 &>/dev/null && kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell &>/dev/null
