Bug 458372

Summary: Notify about crashed compositor
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Matthias <shalokshalom>
Component: NotificationsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Other   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Description Matthias 2022-08-27 10:06:17 UTC
Created attachment 151628 [details]
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SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Bring your compositor to crash
2.  Dont get notified about it. 

OBSERVED RESULT

No notification

EXPECTED RESULT

Notification **in the systray/via popup)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch 
Operating System: Garuda Linux

KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Kernel Version: 5.19.3-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 6 × AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6-Core Processor
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics
Manufacturer: ASUS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I got no notification, that my composition broke due to a misaligned device driver. I just lost transparency of my latte dock, and got no clue, why. 

In the Garuda forum (https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/transparency-effect-for-latte/21956/14) I got pitched about the composition settings, where an extensive and pretty informative explanation of the case waited for me. 

I would love to see a notification, including it being clickable and linking to said settings page, in the notification widget. 
There are a lot of little details listed there and such a major crash - that doesnt solve itself by waiting or so - does get hidden away at the current time. 

Thanks a lot
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-08-30 19:52:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 452344 ***