426894 2020-09-23 07:30:38 +0000 Screen is black at start-up and right click does nothing on wallpaper 2020-09-24 15:54:36 +0000 1 1 4 Plasma plasmashell general 5.19.5 Arch Linux Linux RESOLVED DUPLICATE 426496 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426496 NOR normal 1.0 0 bugs.kde.org.trustful938 kde kde nate plasma-bugs-null 0 oldest_to_newest 1959621 0 bugs.kde.org.trustful938 2020-09-23 07:30:38 +0000 SUMMARY Every time I boot my laptop with an HDMI connection to my screen (set as principal AND the laptop screen is disabled), I got this issue where the wallpaper is black and if I try to right click on it, nothing happen. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Boot your laptop with an external display set as main and laptop screen disabled 2. login OBSERVED RESULT Black screen, right click on wallpaper bring nothing EXPECTED RESULT Wallpaper is loaded, right click bring the popup options. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: 5.8.10-arch1-1 KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0 Qt Version: 5.15.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A way to solve this is to go to display configuration, set another resolution for the external monitor. It then load the wallpaper and the right click works again. I then choose the normal and expected resolution and I am all good to go. I can upload a GIF showing the issue if it helps? I can also put some warnings from journalctl if need be? 1959629 1 kde 2020-09-23 09:00:53 +0000 What happens if you manually run `plasmashell` from a terminal? 1959634 2 bugs.kde.org.trustful938 2020-09-23 10:02:00 +0000 It output nothing and does nothing. The issue is still there. 1959636 3 bugs.kde.org.trustful938 2020-09-23 10:06:15 +0000 Typing `plasmashell --replace` in krunner works however? 1959637 4 kde 2020-09-23 10:08:44 +0000 That means that we have a plasmashell running but something is wrong with the actual desktopview. When you change the resolution I think we are getting a new Containment 1959641 5 bugs.kde.org.trustful938 2020-09-23 10:46:19 +0000 Could I provide something in order to know what's wrong with the desktop view? 1959741 6 nate 2020-09-23 18:17:13 +0000 Definitely reminds me of Bug 426496. 1959866 7 bugs.kde.org.trustful938 2020-09-24 09:12:27 +0000 (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6) > Definitely reminds me of Bug 426496. Yes indeed. It's quite new and it feels related to the Qt upgrade. Probably a duplicate. 1959965 8 nate 2020-09-24 15:54:36 +0000 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 426496 ***