Hi All! So I've got a stumper of a problem. I posted on reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/5m1d36/cant_click_anywhere_newly_installed_plasma/, but after a re-install the issue still persisted, I figured it was time to report a bug. I can't seem to click anywhere on the KDE plasma window. The little stack of pancakes in the top left corner reacts when I hover over it, but nothing happens when I click. Nothing happens on-hover in the toolbar. It's a brand-new installation of Arch Linux. I can use lxqt with openbox fine, and can even use lxqt with kwin and it works fine. For input I'm using a mouse, not a trackpad. I can actually interact with KDE fine using the keyboard, for example Alt+F2 to open an application, tab and arrow keys to move around. Specs: Arch Linux 64-bit with the latest updates. Nvidia GTX 1070 with nvidia and nvidia-libgl packages installed. KDE 5.8.5 running on X11. 128 GB Btrfs ssd with ntfs-3g hard drive Two identical 1080p monitors and one HTC Vive. Intel i7-4770 (non-k) Dell XPS 8700 Motherboard, bios etc.
Sounds like Plasma is frozen. Can you open a konsole (from the alt+f2) then run: "sudo gdb --pid `pidof plasmashell`" then when it settles down type "bt" and copy and paste the output in here. Then set the status back to unconfirmed.
Here you go: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1". 0x00007ff6a07de48d in poll () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ff6a07de48d in poll () at /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ff69ba72786 in () at /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007ff69ba7289c in g_main_context_iteration () at /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007ff6a11012bf in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 #4 0x00007ff6a10aad3a in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 #5 0x00007ff6a10b323c in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 #6 0x000000000041c9d2 in () #7 0x00007ff6a071f291 in __libc_start_main () at /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #8 0x000000000041cd5a in _start ()
Are you using X server 1.19?
No, because the xorg-server package is still on 1.18.4 for Arch Linux, 1.19 is in testing.
Ok, Arch Linux has updated to xorg-server 1.19.1. I updated and the issue still persists.
Ok, weird solution. By switching from TTY2 (Ctrl+Alt+F2) and then back to TTY1 after starting kde I can click. Doesn't seem to be an issue with Plasmashell. Perhaps my Arch Linux setup.