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Wadu_

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Registered: 2022-10-17

Posts: 3

KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

My KDE Plasma is not showing icons:
https://i.imgur.com/drxTeuc.png
I've also experienced sporadic instability issues since this started happening.

This happens on all themes and icons packs.
I also created a new test user, which also experiences this problem (even on Breeze and Breeze Dark themes/icons)
I then created a new VM with Arch and KDE Plasma, which does not have the problem.

When I boot without a secondary monitor attached, the issues disappear.
My pacman log:
https://0x0.st/owcz.log

journalctl -b from current boot:
https://0x0.st/owcH.txt

journalctl -b from a boot that didn't have this problem:
https://0x0.st/owco.txt

Xorg logs:
https://0x0.st/owcX.0.log

EDIT: Figured out the start menu thing, my bad.

Last edited by Wadu_ (2022-10-17 14:13:30)

Grisu118

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Registered: 2022-10-19

Posts: 2

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

Hello Wadu

I have the same issue as soon as I connect my displaylink docking station.

How did you solve the issue or is the start menu thing you referring in your edit something different?

Wadu_

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Registered: 2022-10-17

Posts: 3

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

The start menu thing was just me accidentally toggling this button:
https://imgur.com/Ad0R6Gm

SurgeNight

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Registered: 2022-10-24

Posts: 1

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

I have the same issue, and I fount that things be fine after downgrade kscreen and libkscreen from 5.26.* to 5.25.5-1

Sorry, I dont see the picture at first, the issue is not same with mine:
After upgrade kscreen and libkscreen to 5.26.1-1, font of all window title be wrong, and start menu become only one wrong green bar, all icons in start menu is missed.

Last edited by SurgeNight (2022-10-24 02:20:18)

bach

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Registered: 2014-10-20

Posts: 27

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

thanks SurgeNight, solved my same issue
Any idea of what is wrong with kscreen, i can't find any other repport?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,430

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

Can't reproduce here on a Wayland session with amdgpu triple monitors. Post/check journal? have you tried removing the kscreen config  ( ~/.local/share/kscreen )  and reconfiguring from 5.26 kscreen explicitly?

Grisu118

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Registered: 2022-10-19

Posts: 2

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

I tried removing the kscreen config, did not solve the issue.

Regarding Wayland, the issue only occurred with X11. Wayland works fine, but I cannot use Wayland.

The downgrade of kscreen and libkscreen "solves" the issues

Wadu_

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Registered: 2022-10-17

Posts: 3

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

Update:

It only occurs on X11 when connecting an external monitor with a different framerate. When forcing the main monitor to match the external one's framerate, the problem disappears. The problem also disappears when using Wayland so that's what I've done now.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,430

Re: KDE icons don't show up + start menu problem

Make sure your system is up to date there were a few regressions which  should be fixed for the latest plasma releases.