SUMMARY On starting plasma-discover it fails to run any of the installed backends (It runs them If I enter the update section, but it still takes ~20s). It works fine if I force it to use them: > plasma-discover --backends packagekit kns fwupd but since app centers are meant for people who aren't familiar with the terminal, I think this is probably a bug. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open plasma-discover OBSERVED RESULT Backends aren't loaded EXPECTED RESULT Backends are loaded SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Qt Version: 5.15.2 Frameworks Version: 5.89.0 Operating System: Linux 5.15.10-zen1-1-zen x86_64 Windowing System: X11 Distribution: Garuda Linux ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I am not sure what info is needed, but If there is a need for additional info, I will gladly provide.
Maybe it's one of the ones you are not loading (flatpak or snap) that take some time? From what you say it's not that it doesn't run them, it's that they're slow at starting. Correct? It would be useful if you could provide a backtrace of frozen discover. Here it's explained how it's done, tell us if you cannot provide it. https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports#Retrieving_a_backtrace_with_GDB
(In reply to Aleix Pol from comment #1) > Maybe it's one of the ones you are not loading (flatpak or snap) that take > some time? > > From what you say it's not that it doesn't run them, it's that they're slow > at starting. Correct? > > It would be useful if you could provide a backtrace of frozen discover. > Here it's explained how it's done, tell us if you cannot provide it. > https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/ > How_to_create_useful_crash_reports#Retrieving_a_backtrace_with_GDB Well I haven't installed or used flatpak and snap, so that isn't the problem. Also, when I force Discover to use the backends, It starts and works instantly. I'll attach a backtrace when I can.
Created attachment 144847 [details] gdb output
I've had to reinstall my distro for various reasons and can no longer reproduce this.