SUMMARY If there's a problem with the bluetooth service, the system startup waits for it to timeout before showing the taskbar (or making any interaction possible). Only the wallpaper and the mouse cursor are shown. I suspect it's kdeconnect that is halting the startup, waiting for bluetooth to become available, since it's logged right after the bluetooth timeout. Disabling the bluetooth service fixed the problem, but it should not delay startup even if the service times out. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Have the bluetooth service timeout OBSERVED RESULT system startup is delayed EXPECTED RESULT startup should not depend on bluetooth status. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I've disabled the bluetooth service and now my system starts up without delay.
It's not kdeconnect - I've removed it from /etc/xdg/autostart, and re-enabled the bluetooth service, and startup is still delayed until it times out.
Created attachment 166086 [details] boot log with bluetooth service enabled.
Created attachment 166087 [details] boot log with bluetooth service disabled (system loads fine and quick)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 481870 ***