Created attachment 176299 [details] demo SUMMARY It is possible to kill plasmashell using the Ctrl Meta Esc shortcut which results in black screen/missing desktop. Sometimes it restarts on its own and sometimes it has to be manually restarted through terminal. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Press Ctrl Meta Esc 2. Left mouse click on desktop OBSERVED RESULT Plasmashell gone EXPECTED RESULT Plasmashell not gone SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20241127 KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 Kernel Version: 6.11.8-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: MS-7C56 System Version: 2.0
I see this also, the Ctrl Meta Esc is a short cut for kwin to kill a window, but should it kill plasma as well when we left click on the desktop ? I tested this a couple of times and had to drop to a shell to restart plasma. Operating System: Fedora Linux 41 KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0 Qt Version: 6.8.1 Kernel Version: 6.12.1-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland
In a sense, this is intentional, but I can see how the UX is not great. If it auto-restarted when killed in this manner, then it would be fine. But the fact that it remains dead leaves a bit of a puzzle for the user to figure out.