Bug 488530 - Background flickers between transparent and non-transparent
Summary: Background flickers between transparent and non-transparent
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: konsole
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 24.05.1
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konsole Developer
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Reported: 2024-06-15 12:26 UTC by Freddie Witherden
Modified: 2025-02-28 16:19 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Video showing the effect. (848.57 KB, video/webm)
2024-06-15 12:26 UTC, Freddie Witherden
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Description Freddie Witherden 2024-06-15 12:26:01 UTC
Created attachment 170519 [details]
Video showing the effect.

On a Gentoo ~AMD64 X11 system under Qt 6.7.1 and KDE frameworks 6.3.0 the background in Konsole flickers between being transparent and non-transparent as the window redraws.  (This can include new text being drawn or just mousing over a widget on the tab bar.)

This appears to be a regression as the functionality worked fine under KDE Frameworks 5 (I noticed upon upgrading).  Am using an Intel GPU with a 6.9 kernel and the latest Mesa release.

Reproduce: under an X11 session open Konsole.  Go Settings -> Edit Current Profile -> Appearance -> Edit [Yuck!] -> Set "Background colour transparency" to a reasonable number.  Then Apply and interact with the session.

Screencast taken with Spectale attached.
Comment 1 Freddie Witherden 2024-06-17 15:36:20 UTC
Minor update: I am actually running Wayland rather than X11.
Comment 2 Joe 2024-08-05 01:13:52 UTC
I have a similar issue since 6.0 came out, although mine is the entire background. Right now my unfocused Konsole background is not transparent (and it should be). If I move my mouse over, the entire background flickers for a moment transparent and back to solid. If I click into Konsole/focus it, it goes transparent. Moving the mouse, key strokes, and even command output (like tailing a log) can make the background switch between transparent and not. 

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.6.40-2-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 24 × AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Comment 3 Andrew Udvare 2025-02-28 16:19:58 UTC
I have a similar issue that happens when I let my machine idle and the monitor shuts off (Samsung 57" Neo G9). I get my system to turn the monitor back on, unlock my system, and then I switch to a desktop that has Konsole already running. The background flickers while typing. Only solution is to restart that instance of Konsole.

It seems if the desktop I unlock to has Konsole running, that one is fine.

Operating System: Gentoo
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.4-gentoo-limelight (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 62.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (discrete)