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binary_runner

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Registered: 2020-10-27

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KDE starts without (complete?) plasmashell

When I start KDE from SDDM, regardless if I use option "plasma" or "xinitrc", I see only desktop and the auto-started apps.
No panels or anything else.

I have to go to konsole and run 'kstart5 plasmashell' to fix that.

My .xinitrc looks  is ruther minimalistic:

export DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
exec startplasma-x11

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, it worked before but I did some upgrades meanwhile.

Last edited by binary_runner (2020-10-27 08:25:31)

WorMzy

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Re: KDE starts without (complete?) plasmashell

That isn't a complete xinitrc, and manually setting DESKTOP_SESSION before starting plasma makes no sense.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#xinitrc

Mod note: Moving to NC.

If you still have problems after fixing your xinitrc, post the log for a faulty X session.

Last edited by WorMzy (2020-10-27 08:34:00)

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binary_runner

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Registered: 2020-10-27

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Re: KDE starts without (complete?) plasmashell

As I did not found any '/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc',  I added to my xinitrc :

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
 for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?* ; do
  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
 done
 unset f
fi

In '/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d' I have only two files: 40-libcanberra-gtk-module.sh,  50-systemd-user.sh .
I know the first is not used because it's for Gnome.
The second one just sets  'systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY'  -  not calling this was the reason the plasmashell did not start as expected ?