SUMMARY KDE / Plasma hangs with black screen after login when .profile contains source statement to a missing file STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. add `source /does_not_exist` to .profile 2. log out 3. log in again OBSERVED RESULT screen goes black and nothing happens anymore EXPECTED RESULT login should still work, and the desktop environment should show up at least show a sensible error message SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Fedora Linux 40 KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.10.10-200.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor Memory: 61.9 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: B650 AORUS ELITE AX ADDITIONAL INFORMATION you can switch with CTRL + ALT + F* to another TTY login and restart the display-manager with: systemctl restart display-manager I set up my PC / Laptop already twice and this error appeared after a while again. It took a while to connect it to my dotfiles and a missing file on some of my systems. I have it replicated in a fedora vm. Sorry I am new to the bugtracker and the KDE ecosystem and don't know where to file the bug exactly. I am happy to help if you need more info.
I just remember, I noticed this bug when I was "forced" to use Wayland, when I start a X server session everything is fine.
Hm, I can't test on my Fedora VM right now, but using Tuxedo OS and master (with Wayland) I can't reproduce this - Plasma starts up while .profile sources a non-existing file, no black screen or anything.
I can't reproduce this on master either, with Fedora 40 as a base and the Wayland session.
I downloaded yesterday the fedora 41 KDE spin iso and tried to reproduce it unsuccessful. Operating System: Fedora Linux 41 KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.11.0-0.rc5.43.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor Memory: 3.8 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: llvmpipe Manufacturer: QEMU Product Name: Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) System Version: pc-q35-8.2 Looks like this was already fixed, sorry for the trouble.
Thanks for testing!