Bug 394871

Summary:	plasmashell fails to start due to error libactivityswitcherextensionplugin.so library
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	TYY331 <sebastian.pb31>
Component:	Activity Switcher sidebar	Assignee:	Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	benni.buch, jr, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.12.90
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-frameworks-devel/2018-May/064350.html
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description TYY331 2018-05-30 19:47:32 UTC

In a recent update the desktop fails to start.
Plasmashell can't initialize correctly due to an error in libactivityswitcherextensionplugin.so:

/usr/bin/plasmashell: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/activityswitcher/libactivityswitcherextensionplugin.so: undefined symbol: _ZN11KActivities15ActivitiesModelC1ERK7QVectorINS_4Info5StateEEP7QObject

Workaround: move the file so plasmashell doesn't find it, the desktop is able to start but activities, desktop wallpaper and icons are disabled, but the panels and widgets work.
in a TTY type:
sudo mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/activityswitcher/libactivityswitcherextensionplugin.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/activityswitcher/libactivityswitcherextensionplugin.so.bak

The error appeared in a recent plasma-desktop update 4:5.12.5+p16.04+git20180530.0845-0

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2018-05-30 19:51:59 UTC

Fixed in git, see https://commits.kde.org/kactivities/df518a3b65bcb704085700bf10f962380c61bacf

Depending on how much packages need to be re-compiled and re-published, it could need some time until the fix reaches users.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2018-05-30 22:57:20 UTC

*** Bug 394870 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2018-05-30 22:58:55 UTC

CC'ing neon maintainer. Maybe it is possible to push updates manually to make this process faster.