I am running Garuda xfce. I understand that installing a different DE is not supported and not recommended, and I don't expect handholding. But maybe you can give a tip. Maybe I need to delete some GTK files from my Home folder, or is it something else?
I installed KDE by running
pacman -S xorg plasma plasma-wayland-session kde-applications
Then I installed and activated SDDM.
Then I installed garuda-dr640nized
When I rebooted and logged in, I was greeted by a black and blank desktop.
I restored a snapshot after this failed attempt, so you won't see anything KDE in my system info:
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 5.15.68-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=1ae1827d-082e-4190-8d66-84aa16e7a79c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B365M-A v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1203
date: 10/10/2019
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB
desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB
desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4251 high: 4572 min/max: 800/4700 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 4572 2: 4444 3: 4414
4: 4456 5: 2529 6: 4528 7: 4536 8: 4529 bogomips: 48000
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3e98 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microdia USB Live camera type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:7 chip-ID: 0c45:636b
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x286mm (40.00x11.26")
s-diag: 1055mm (41.55")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,right model: VG27AQ1A
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 596x336mm (23.46x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-2 pos: primary,left
model: Samsung S24B300 serial: <filter> built: 2013 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa
22.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-1.2:7 v: kernel chip-ID: 0c45:636b
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 class-ID: 0102 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
serial: <filter>
Device-2: Microdia USB Live camera type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.68-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: rtl8821cu
bus-ID: 1-1.1:4 chip-ID: 0bda:c811 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s20f0u1u1 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-2.2:8 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.26 TiB used: 794.76 GiB (34.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: K1B3 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD120
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: ACF0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 58.83 GiB size: 58.83 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.12 GiB
(54.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 37.1 MiB
(38.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 58.83 GiB size: 58.83 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.12 GiB
(54.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 58.83 GiB size: 58.83 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.12
GiB (54.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 58.83 GiB size: 58.83 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.12
GiB (54.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.49 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 323 Uptime: 1h 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.49 GiB used: 9.78 GiB
(63.2%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1412 libs: 375
tools: pamac,paru,yay Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.21
Garuda (2.6.7-1):
System install date: 2022-09-12
Last full system update: 2022-09-19
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units: