Bug 494838 - Icons-Only Task Manager not showing icons
Summary: Icons-Only Task Manager not showing icons
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 489086
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: wayland-only
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-10-16 02:50 UTC by Juan Chan
Modified: 2024-12-12 20:57 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
bug-fullscreen.jpg – Screenshot of the desktop after reboot, showing the Icons-Only Task Manager without any icons displayed. bug-hover.jpg – Screenshot showing the behavior when hovering over the Ico (236.15 KB, application/x-zip-compressed)
2024-10-16 02:50 UTC, Juan Chan
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Description Juan Chan 2024-10-16 02:50:31 UTC
Created attachment 174868 [details]
bug-fullscreen.jpg – Screenshot of the desktop after reboot, showing the Icons-Only Task Manager without any icons displayed. bug-hover.jpg – Screenshot showing the behavior when hovering over the Ico

SUMMARY
Icons-Only Task Manager does not display icons after boot. Entering Edit Mode temporarily resolves the issue.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. reboot or start the system

OBSERVED RESULT
Icons are not displayed in the Icons-Only Task Manager after reboot (see attached bug-fullscreen.jpg).
Hovering over the task manager widget shows the corresponding app name, but no icons (see attached bug-hover.jpg).
Entering Edit Mode makes the icons reappear, dismissing the bug (see attached normal.jpg).
EXPECTED RESULT
Icons should appear correctly in the Icons-Only Task Manager after boot (as shown in normal.jpg).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Kernel Version: 6.11.3-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This issue has been present prior to the current KDE Plasma version (6.2.0), but the exact starting version is unknown.
Comment 1 Tor Røttum 2024-10-21 13:23:37 UTC
(In reply to Juan Chan from comment #0)
> Created attachment 174868 [details]
> bug-fullscreen.jpg – Screenshot of the desktop after reboot, showing the
> Icons-Only Task Manager without any icons displayed. bug-hover.jpg –
> Screenshot showing the behavior when hovering over the Ico
> 
> SUMMARY
> Icons-Only Task Manager does not display icons after boot. Entering Edit
> Mode temporarily resolves the issue.
> 
> STEPS TO REPRODUCE
> 1. reboot or start the system
> 
> OBSERVED RESULT
> Icons are not displayed in the Icons-Only Task Manager after reboot (see
> attached bug-fullscreen.jpg).
> Hovering over the task manager widget shows the corresponding app name, but
> no icons (see attached bug-hover.jpg).
> Entering Edit Mode makes the icons reappear, dismissing the bug (see
> attached normal.jpg).
> EXPECTED RESULT
> Icons should appear correctly in the Icons-Only Task Manager after boot (as
> shown in normal.jpg).
> 
> SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
> Operating System: Arch Linux
> KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
> KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
> Qt Version: 6.8.0
> Kernel Version: 6.11.3-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
> 
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> This issue has been present prior to the current KDE Plasma version (6.2.0),
> but the exact starting version is unknown.

I had the same problem with task manager and system tray and after upgrading to KDE Plasma 6.2.x. Entering edit mode only helped temporarily.
Today I noticed that the plasma renderer was set to software.  After changing it to Open GL the icons re-appeared again. I tried using the Vulkan renderer as well, but it went into a crash and restart loop
Comment 2 Juan Chan 2024-10-22 00:14:23 UTC
I want to add another information:
Closing a program, when the icon discomposes from the task manager, also temporarily resolves the bug.
Comment 3 Juan Chan 2024-10-22 00:28:26 UTC
(In reply to Tor Røttum from comment #1)

The plasma renderer setting on my system was left on its default (automatic). Below are the behaviors I observed for each renderer mode:

- Automatic (as in the original report): Icons-Only Task Manager does not display icons.
- Software: Icons-Only Task Manager functions properly.
- OpenGL: Icons-Only Task Manager functions properly.
- Vulkan: Icons-Only Task Manager does not display icons and causes crashes. I submitted a crash report earlier today around 11:47 GMT. After the crash, the Icons-Only Task Manager relaunched and functioned properly.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-12-12 20:57:29 UTC
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 489086 ***