Bug 454629

Summary:	System hangs in Plymouth splash screen
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Tobias G. <kde-bugzilla.oink169>
Component:	Startup process	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.24.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Tobias G. 2022-05-30 23:15:59 UTC

SUMMARY
Hey guys,
sometimes (1/3 times), when starting my system, I never see Plasma, but instead, the plymouth splash screen is shown endlessly spinning. Nothing happens then, I can prevent that by hitting an F key early, then Plasma is starting reliably.
I haven't tested it with Plasma 5.24.5 yet, but it happened on 5.24.4.
It also just happened with wayland sessions so far.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. boot system into wayland session
2. observe plymouth

OBSERVED RESULT
plymouth is shown endlessly

EXPECTED RESULT
plymouth is terminated and Plasma is shown

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.4
Kernel Version: 5.17.9-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 6 × AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 7.2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD RENOIR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-06-01 19:10:43 UTC

This will be caused by something below us, since no KDE code is running at the time the Plymouth splash screen is shown. I would recommend contacting your distro people about it.