Bug 511951

Summary:	KDE Splash Screen does not appear on boot
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	padelle2
Component:	Splash Screens	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description padelle2 2025-11-11 10:58:04 UTC

After I updating my NobaraOS and rebooting my pc the plasma splash screen appeared for a split second instead of appearing for at least 1-2 seconds. After a reboot it never appeared anymore and now I can't see it.

Apparently it works if I use "test" commands but does not show on boot.

padelle@Palle:~$ journalctl -b | grep -i ksplash
nov 11 10:40:17 Palle systemd[2261]: Started dbus-:1.2-org.kde.KSplash@0.service.
nov 11 10:40:17 Palle systemd[2261]: Starting plasma-ksplash.service - Splash screen shown during boot...
nov 11 10:40:19 Palle systemd[2261]: Finished plasma-ksplash.service - Splash screen shown during boot.
nov 11 10:40:19 Palle systemd[2261]: plasma-ksplash.service: Consumed 369ms CPU time, 188.5M memory peak.

Comment 1 padelle2 2025-11-11 12:52:37 UTC

I found out that everything works perfectly on a new user

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2025-11-12 16:54:24 UTC

Can you run 

>ksplashqml --test 

and report what happens

also what's in ~/.config/ksplashrc and .config/kdeglobals

Comment 3 padelle2 2025-11-12 17:35:53 UTC

So after diving a little bit more into the problem I noticed that in reality the animation worked for a split second on both new and main user. Today I switched from "Image" wallpaper option to "Wallpaper engine for KDE Plasma" option. After rebooting I noticed the splash screen returned and works fine everytime. Weird.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-27 03:46:09 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 2025-12-12 03:46:17 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.