SUMMARY When I hover over an icon of an open application, a thumbnail of the application appears, but all visual elements of the taskbar seem to freeze. All icons are still responsive, but the clock, for example, doesn't update. When I unplug my network cable, the network icon doesn't change. When I close an application, its icon remains in the taskbar. To stop this freezing, I have to go into taskbar edition mode and change the height of the taskbar. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. In Plasma, launch an application. 2. With the cursor, go on the icon of the application and wait for the thumbnail to be displayed. OBSERVED RESULT Freezing of all visual effects in the taskbar. EXPECTED RESULT No freezing of all visual effects in the task bar. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux : 6.4.8-arch1-1 KDE Plasma Version : 5.27.7 KDE Frameworks Version : 5.108 Qt Version : 5.15.10 Session : Wayland
Are you using an NVIDIA GPU? If so, this is probably Bug 469016.
Yes, I am using a GTX 1070 and can confirm everything in comment 35 of bug 469016. Disable "show small window previews when hovering over tabs" avoids the problem.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 469016 ***