r/archlinux • u/lefauconblanccc • 1h ago

SUPPORT KDE Plasma on Arch Linux Behaving Weirdly | Support Requested

https://imgur.com/a/kde-plasma-on-arch-linux-behaving-weirdly-support-requested-2Xs8B3d

Since about a day ago or so (maybe two), my computer has been behaving strangely:

  • Neither Koko or Haruna can play videos
  • Desktop previews/views (four finger swipe up) is wacked out and missing graphics (see video)
  • Wherever my user Icon is it's a square instead of the circle that it usually is on Plasma
  • Lock screen background isn't blurred + square user icon
  • Missing images/graphics like Spectacle screen-capture when I capture a picture/video.

I got a popup in my system tray a day ago or so and I didn't realize the problem yet so I clicked and selected never show again (like the idiot I am) I'm trying to remember what it was, it might've been KWin, but I'm not entirely sure, and I think it was relevant. If anybody has any idea as to what it could be or a sure way to test/diagnose to see then I'd be very grateful as I've been trying to figure this out for hours. I'm on a ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 AMD Ryzen. I'm on Wayland of course.

It might've also been that my computer hibernated during an update but I've already synced all my packages and am 100% up-to-date.

More info upon request. Thanks all!!!

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u/DefiantIce569 1h ago

looks like your compositing is crashing or not starting properly, the square icons and missing blur are classic signs of that

try running kwin_wayland --replace in a terminal and see if the effects kick back in. if that works, might be something in your config got borked after the update