Bug 505737

Summary: Plasma Bigscreen not working
Product: [Plasma] Plasma Bigscreen Reporter: asd22.info
Component: HomescreenAssignee: User8395 <therealuser8395>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: therealuser8395
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description asd22.info 2025-06-18 12:25:24 UTC
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install `plasma-bigscreen-git` from AUR (yes i use arch btw) or git clone and build manually.
2. Run it as a window (script from repo) or as a session
3. See a dark/light screen with an error icon in the sidebar.

OBSERVED RESULT
Light screen with an error icon in the sidebar.

EXPECTED RESULT
Plasma bigscreen launching properly

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.2-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 620
(from kinfo)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
╰─❯ ./bigscreen.sh
plasma-bigscreen-envmanager: Checking and applying bigscreen configuration...
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=199808 comm="kwin_wayland plasmashell -p org.kde.plasma.bigscre")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=199811 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore'
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=199811 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents'
fusermount3: failed to access mountpoint /run/user/1000/doc: Permission denied
error: fuse init failed: Can't mount path /run/user/1000/doc

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:199811): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:21:37.308: Document portal fuse mount point unknown: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.3 was not provided by any .service files

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:199811): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:21:37.308: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Lockdown as a last-resort fallback
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=199811 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.a11y.Bus' requested by ':1.5' (uid=1000 pid=199832 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus'
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=199845 comm="/usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --config-file=/usr/sha")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=199832 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
fusermount3: failed to access mountpoint /run/user/1000/gvfs: Permission denied
No backend specified, automatically choosing Wayland because WAYLAND_DISPLAY is set
Accepting client connections on sockets: QList("wayland-0")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=199845 comm="/usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --config-file=/usr/sha")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk'

** (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:199832): WARNING **: 15:21:37.487: AT-SPI: Could not obtain desktop path or name

dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=199845 comm="/usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --config-file=/usr/sha")
dbus-daemon[199807]: [session uid=1000 pid=199807 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1

** (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:199832): WARNING **: 15:21:37.490: atk-bridge: GetRegisteredEvents returned message with unknown signature

** (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:199832): WARNING **: 15:21:37.490: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

╰─❯ ./bigscreen.sh
plasma-bigscreen-envmanager: Checking and applying bigscreen configuration...
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=201952 comm="kwin_wayland plasmashell -p org.kde.plasma.bigscre")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=201955 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore'
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=201955 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents'
fusermount3: failed to access mountpoint /run/user/1000/doc: Permission denied
error: fuse init failed: Can't mount path /run/user/1000/doc

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:56.997: Document portal fuse mount point unknown: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.3 was not provided by any .service files

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:56.997: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Lockdown as a last-resort fallback
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=201955 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.a11y.Bus' requested by ':1.5' (uid=1000 pid=201976 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus'
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=201989 comm="/usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --config-file=/usr/sha")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=201976 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
fusermount3: failed to access mountpoint /run/user/1000/gvfs: Permission denied
No backend specified, automatically choosing Wayland because WAYLAND_DISPLAY is set
Accepting client connections on sockets: QList("wayland-0")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=201989 comm="/usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --config-file=/usr/sha")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk'

** (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:201976): WARNING **: 15:24:57.166: AT-SPI: Could not obtain desktop path or name

dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.7' (uid=1000 pid=201989 comm="/usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --config-file=/usr/sha")
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1

** (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:201976): WARNING **: 15:24:57.169: atk-bridge: GetRegisteredEvents returned message with unknown signature

** (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:201976): WARNING **: 15:24:57.170: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.182: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.183: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.184: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.186: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.187: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Notification as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.188: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.189: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.196: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.198: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Email as a last-resort fallback

(/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal:201955): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 15:24:57.199: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.DynamicLauncher as a last-resort fallback
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop'
kwin_xkbcommon: XKB: Multiple definitions of group 1 name in map 'basic'; Using 'Arabic (Iraq)', ignoring 'Arabic'
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
wordengine.cpp plugin "/usr/lib/maliit/keyboard2/languages/en/libenplugin.so" loaded
inputmethod_p.h registerActiveLanguage(): activeLanguage is: "en"
in inputMethod.cpp setActiveLanguage() activeLanguage is: "en"
DB path: /usr/lib/maliit/keyboard2/languages/en/database_en.db
spellechecker.cpp in setLanguage() lang= "en" dictPath= "/usr/share/myspell/dicts"
spellechecker.cpp in setLanguage() aff_file= "/usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US-large.aff" dic_file= "/usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US-large.dic" user dictionary= "/home/neo/.local/share/maliit-keyboard/en_userDictionary.dic"
inputMethod::reset()
in clear preedit.. clearing word engine
maliit.connection.wayland: Maliit::Wayland::InputMethod::InputMethod(MInputContextConnection*, wl_registry*, int)
QSoundEffect(pulseaudio): Error decoding source file:///usr/share/maliit/keyboard2/sounds/key_tick2_quiet.wav
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.kde.ActivityManager' requested by ':1.12' (uid=1000 pid=202032 comm="/usr/bin/plasmashell -p org.kde.plasma.bigscreen")
KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"Minimal.chaac.weather", fileName: "/home/neo/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/Minimal.chaac.weather/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"Plasma.Control.Hub", fileName: "/home/neo/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/Plasma.Control.Hub/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"org.kde.plasma.ginti", fileName: "/home/neo/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.ginti/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"zayron.chaac.weather", fileName: "/home/neo/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/zayron.chaac.weather/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
kf.windowsystem: virtual void KX11Extras::connectNotify(const QMetaMethod&) may only be used on X11
kf.windowsystem: virtual void KX11Extras::connectNotify(const QMetaMethod&) may only be used on X11
dbus-daemon[201951]: [session uid=1000 pid=201951 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.ActivityManager'
QQmlComponent: Component is not ready
kf.plasma.quick: error when loading applet "org.kde.bigscreen.homescreen" QList("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.bigscreen.homescreen/contents/ui/main.qml:85:5: Type Settings.ConfigWindow unavailable", "file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.bigscreen.homescreen/contents/ui/settings/ConfigWindow.qml:100:5: \"NanoShell.FullScreenOverlay.onClosing\" is not available in org.kde.plasma.private.nanoshell 2.0.")
kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1
The Wayland connection broke. Did the Wayland compositor die?
A connection to the bus can't be made
Comment 1 asd22.info 2025-06-18 12:37:45 UTC
also it didnt quit automatically, i closed it after capturing log :)
Comment 2 User8395 2025-06-20 18:32:52 UTC
Make sure you have the latest version of Plasma Nano. Install plasma-nano-git from the AUR.
Comment 3 User8395 2025-07-01 21:49:38 UTC
Does this issue persist?
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-07-16 03:47:23 UTC
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-07-31 03:46:26 UTC
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.