Can't add widgets to my panel or to the desktop

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I just tried to add a widget to my default panel and add 2 to my desktop and Plasma crashes for a quick second and the items aren’t added. I’ve seen the behavior before, but before I could report on it the issue resolved itself. Yes I know I need a reboot, but this was happening before today’s updates and after a reboot from last updates.

~  garuda-inxi                                                                   ✔  10:46:33 AM
System:
Kernel: 6.12.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=605af279-dbac-4f83-98ce-879f2fa44f3d rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.9.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: X670 AORUS ELITE AX v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: FB1 date: 05/22/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4
level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA601209
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2988 min/max: 545/5573 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 2988 2: 2988 3: 2988
4: 2988 5: 2988 6: 2988 7: 2988 8: 2988 9: 2988 10: 2988 11: 2988 12: 2988
13: 2988 14: 2988 15: 2988 16: 2988 bogomips: 143723
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 16:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: nvidia,amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 565.77 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2504
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:164e
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
18.1.8 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
driver: snd_emu10k1 v: kernel bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0008
class-ID: 0401
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 16:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 16:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network vendor: AzureWave
driver: rtw89_8852ce v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: c000 bus-ID: 0d:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c852 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp13s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: b000 bus-ID: 0e:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp14s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-7:6 chip-ID: 13d3:3586
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 34.56 TiB used: 19.58 TiB (56.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR313 temp: 30.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000T500SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P8CR002 temp: 31.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD
size: 14.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1801 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD
size: 10.91 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0003 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD
size: 7.28 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1801 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.61 GiB size: 465.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.81 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 872 KiB (0.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.61 GiB size: 465.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.81 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.61 GiB size: 465.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.81 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.61 GiB size: 465.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.81 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 61.76 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.5 C mobo: 27.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 61.77 GiB
used: 10.63 GiB (17.2%)
Processes: 508 Power: uptime: 6h 29m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 24.65 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2192 libs: 596 tools: octopi,pacseek,pikaur,yay
Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-12-05
Last full system update: 2024-12-23 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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I also have this same problem, but it only occurs with dragonized.

If I use another theme, I can add/delete widgets. I can also add widgets in the other theme and then go to dragonized but skip “applying to desktop” and the widget will carry over.

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Well That worked like a charm. I put the theme to Breeze and was able to drag the widgets to where I wanted them. Odd since I dragged Desktop Indicator and Display Configuration to where I wanted them just the day before.

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I took note of this weird crash. Trying to reproduce it on multiple machines but so far I failed.

I guess this started with Plasma 6.0?

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Some time after 6.1 would be my guess. Cause I did a fresh install for 6 and don’t remember having the issue.

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I think most likely 6.2, as I am pretty sure I could add widgets before. I have tried it on X11 and wayland, both cause it to crash/reboot. But you can work around it as i mention previously

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Ok.
This happens on all widgets and every time or just some widgets and/or sometimes?
It seems to come and go since the issue got resolved by itself and now came back.

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For me it happens every single time. It doesn’t matter which plasma widget you add. It goes dark a few seconds, screws up the bottom floating bar, and doesn’t add the widget.

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So you as well it’s on a floating bar. What if you give it a try on a non-floating bar? If possible.

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I’ve tried using another global theme, going to dragonized and leaving the attached/long bar by not clicking the apply to desktop. Still have same rebooting

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Ditto

Can’t speak for @styphonthal but I tried every way with the panels and no love.

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