SUMMARY Almost every single time I boot, I get an entirely black desktop, with no background image or icons. Running the following from a terminal fixes it: $ killall plasmashell $ kstart5 plasmashell STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. restart the system 2. log in OBSERVED RESULT The desktop is black with no icons EXPECTED RESULT There should be a background image and icons I use an external monitor as the only screen, i.e. the laptop's built-in screen is disabled (and the laptop lid is usually closed) during the whole restart. I thought I had already reported this but I can't find it. All I could find is a report against OpenSUSE. I am using Manjaro now. I have had this issue forever. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0 Qt Version: 5.15.9 Kernel Version: 6.1.26-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz Memory: 7.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 81WE System Version: IdeaPad 3 15IIL05
In System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Background Services, is the "KScreen 2" service active?
> is the "KScreen 2" service active? The checkbox is checked and on the right it says "Running". This is when the desktop is working after having restarted plasmashell. Do you need me to check while observing the issue before I restart plasmashell?
Nah, it'll be active then too. Can you paste the output of `kscreen-doctor -o` before rebooting, then again after rebooting when the problem happens? I'd like to see if the output is identical in both cases, which would indicate an issue exclusively in Plasma.
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