Bug 513061

Summary: Plasma freezes after first login
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: kdebugs.3r2s6
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description kdebugs.3r2s6 2025-12-07 22:16:32 UTC 
SUMMARY
KDE was working great until the last 2 upgrades that I did in my system. The first one was a problem with the `icu` library. Fixed that by keeping an older version of the .so files for pacman (for whatever reason, it loaded them on upgrades, so upgrades were broken)

The last upgrade that I did, after reboot and passed the SDDM login, plasma freezes and the system becomes unresponsive. I even tried a fresh install, the first time it boots without any issue and I can login just fine. Its the subsequent logins what don't work.

I confirmed my suspicion by clearing everything that is a hidden directory from the home directory of a temp user. Once cleared, I can see the KDE welcome page, and I can use the system. Log out and in again, and the problem appears.

I thought the problem might be incompatibilities with Linux, AMD and wayland, but I tried the latest GNOME in my system to discard this idea and the system works fine.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In a temp user, login once to the system
2. Log out
3. Log in again

OBSERVED RESULT
KDE freezes

EXPECTED RESULT
KDE is functional

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.5.3
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I'm running an AMD GPU AI MAX+ 395, with the 6.17.Y kernel.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-12-08 18:02:00 UTC 
> everything that is a hidden directory from the home directory of a temp user

The next time it happens, instead of deleting these files, can you create a .zip or .tar.gz archive of them and attach them here? We need to be able to inspect the files to see why they might be blocking Plasma here.

Even better: could you find the specific file among them that's causing the issue? If you could narrow it down to that, it would be super duper helpful!
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-12-23 03:46:15 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 3 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-07 03:47:29 UTC 
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.