SUMMARY This started with 6.1.0. When opening or closing the overview/grid effect, the following lines are repeatedly spammed in my `kwin_wayland` journal. No idea if other kwin effects or components are also causing this, but with `journalctl --follow` I can clearly see that it's spamming all these logs when the overview/grid effects are opened or closed. After only one day of usage on 6.1.0 (all just caused by the repeated log spam, excluding some very rare warning messages): ``` $ journalctl -b-1 /usr/bin/kwin_wayland | wc -l 40080 ``` This is the part that's repeatedly logged, at least 3 times: ``` Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: OpenGL vendor string: AMD Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (radeonsi, navi10, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.9.6-1-git) Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.1.1-arch1.1 Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: Driver: Unknown Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: GPU class: Unknown Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: OpenGL version: 4.6 Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: GLSL version: 4.60 Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: Mesa version: 24.1.1 Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: Requires strict binding: no Jun 22 20:25:05 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: Virtual Machine: no ``` The first log line after starting a new kwin_wayland session is this, in addition to two of the repeating blocks of log from above: ``` Jun 22 20:16:31 basti-pc kwin_wayland[72277]: No backend specified, automatically choosing drm ``` SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0 Qt Version: 6.7.1
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5969
Git commit ad4e27f5ef0209110bc4721ef798fb0cea572d3b by Vlad Zahorodnii. Committed on 24/06/2024 at 15:03. Pushed by vladz into branch 'master'. opengl: Remove code that prints gl platform details It's printed whenever any opengl context is created, which can flood the logs. On the other hand, this information is also included in the support information, which we often ask in the bug reports. M +0 -25 src/opengl/glplatform.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/ad4e27f5ef0209110bc4721ef798fb0cea572d3b
Git commit ccb651effecba8c9f85f347893dc059e30cf7b51 by Vlad Zahorodnii. Committed on 25/06/2024 at 05:24. Pushed by vladz into branch 'Plasma/6.1'. opengl: Remove code that prints gl platform details It's printed whenever any opengl context is created, which can flood the logs. On the other hand, this information is also included in the support information, which we often ask in the bug reports. (cherry picked from commit ad4e27f5ef0209110bc4721ef798fb0cea572d3b) 0003063b opengl: Remove code that print gl platform details Co-authored-by: Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org> M +0 -25 src/opengl/glplatform.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/ccb651effecba8c9f85f347893dc059e30cf7b51