plasmashell 5.13.3 Linux 4.17.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 8 17:27:31 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux This may be related to Bug 350148 The desktop wallpaper slideshow is logging 20+ messages per second to the system log. Here's an example: Jul 30 16:52:54 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:54.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:50 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:50.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:50 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:50.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:50 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:50.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:45 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:45.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:45 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:45.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:45 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:45.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:40 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:40.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:40 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:40.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:40 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:40.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:37 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:37.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:37 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:37.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:37 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:37.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:29 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:29.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:29 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:29.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:29 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:29.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:29 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:29.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:29 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:29.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:29 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:29.629] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:21 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:21.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:21 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:21.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:21 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:21.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:19 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:19.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:19 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:19.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:19 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:19.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:12 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:12.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:12 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:12.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:12 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:12.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:09 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:9.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:09 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:9.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:09 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:9.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:04 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:4.629] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:04 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:4.629] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:52:04 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::52:4.629] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:59 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:59.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:59 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:59.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:59 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:59.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:56 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:56.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:56 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:56.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:56 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:56.629] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:48 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:48.634] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:48 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:48.634] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:48 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:48.634] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:48 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:48.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:48 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:48.633] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:48 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:48.632] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:18 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:18.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:18 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:18.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:18 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:18.630] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/" Jul 30 16:51:10 laptop plasmashell[905]: [16::51:10.631] unknown: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/john/Pictures/Wallpapers/"
Is anyone looking into this? - it's been going on for ages. If there's a simple work around (e.g. `touch /expected/path/filename`) it would be nice just to stop filling up the log. My system just crashed for no apparent reason and looking back through the journal after a reboot the last things registered were a bundle of "kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package ..." messages KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.8 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55.0 Qt Version: 5.9.7 Kernel Version: 4.12.14-lp151.28.36-default OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 12 x AMD Ryzen5 1600 Six-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB RAM
Ugh I know, this is so annoying. Not sure if the bug is truly in KPackage or in the wallpaper plugin itself. Will try to investigate.
I'm not seeing this anymore with today's git master of everything, which works out to the pre-release versions of Plasma 5.21 and Frameworks 5.78. Can anyone using similarly recent software confirm?
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I'm not on a bleeding-edge system - but it's still going on in: Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.2 KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.6 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0 Qt Version: 5.12.7 Kernel Version: 5.3.18-lp152.60-preempt OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
It still happens for me in: Operating System: Gentoo Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.4.80-gentoo-r1 OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: GeForce GT 740/PCIe/SSE2
Thanks. It looks like this was fixed in 5.21. Let's re-open if it's still happening once you have that version.