Issue with garuda's blur system

[mincha.9999]

hello, i accessed my computer after a long time (last accessed around October 2023) and after getting it, i went for a full system upgrade,

i was using latte dock even after the release of garuda raptor where it officially ended all supports with latte dock, but it went good for a long time with out any issues until this update

after the update was finished, i rebooted my computer to find out the new fresh formatted garuda look where the late dock stopped working and the icons had totally changed. eventually i worked around with it(the latte dock thing) but one thing that caught my attention was that the default garuda raptor had background blur (active blur plugin )enabled and the menus were blurred but it seems too be a bit different here.

the terminal and the application launcher widget seems to be perfectly blurred

but other applications like dolphin, system settings and the menus are not blurred
(this does not goes the panels)

and note: desktop effects are enabled for that

along with this , the active blur plugin is also not working after the update, it just makes everything black and shows no wallpaper

i tried too check the compositor, but i cant find any options like latency, scale method, rendering backend or that “prefer smoother animations” that used to be there

i just want my blurred application background back
here is my garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=9e335fc5-a078-4f7e-9a75-6945c86d4bac rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.1 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 with: latte-dock
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7050 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D24M8 v: A01 serial: <filter> part-nu: 07A1
uuid: 4c4c4544-0046-3710-8031-b5c04f384e32 UEFI: Dell v: 1.27.0
date: 09/18/2023
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-6100 socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
microcode: 0xF2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 max: 800 base/boost: 800/4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.7 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 6399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:1912 class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1440x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 380x237mm (14.96x9.33")
s-diag: 448mm (17.63")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: HDMI built: 2020 res: 1440x900
dpi: 64 size: 575x323mm (22.64x12.72") modes: max: 1440x900 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:1912 memory: 15.12 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:1912 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.2-arch1.2 (LLVM
17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.7.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: n/a (root, process) 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: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15e3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 596.18 GiB used: 108.53 GiB (18.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Ant Esports model: 690 NEO SATA 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.2
speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8B0 temp: 40 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 66d 12h cycles: 1563
read: 57.3 MiB written: 48.1 MiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SanDisk model: Bics size: 119.24 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0015 drive-rev: V0718B0 temp: 34 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 64d 20h cycles: 1721
read: 175.8 MiB written: 39 MiB
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 234.38 GiB size: 234.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 108.49 GiB (46.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda4
maj-min: 8:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 45.6 MiB (47.5%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 234.38 GiB size: 234.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 108.49 GiB (46.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda4
maj-min: 8:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 234.38 GiB size: 234.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 108.49 GiB (46.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda4
maj-min: 8:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 234.38 GiB size: 234.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 108.49 GiB (46.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda4
maj-min: 8:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.49 GiB used: 915.5 MiB (5.8%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.49 GiB used: 6.79 GiB (43.9%)
igpu: 32 MiB
Processes: 252 Power: uptime: 10h 34m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1684 pm: pacman pkgs: 1677 libs: 463 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 7 Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date:     2023-06-17
Last full system update: 2024-03-10 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Yes
Failed units:

any help would be appreciated, and sorry for my bad English

[FGD]

Some of the blur you described (Dolphin and such) are currently under fix. A kvantum git package we are testing is working fine, I have no ETA on the release of the fix but it is under work.

Plasma 6 has made some nasty changes which made many things not function properly.

[mincha.9999]

so that means it would be fixed after the official release of plasma 6?

[RPS]

People at Garuda used a Kwin script called “forced Blur” to blur a lot of objects like dolphin. That script cannot be used in KDE6 as it was only developed for KDE5. They mentioned that in the thread about moving forward with KDE6.

@FGD

Plasma 6 has made some nasty changes which made many things not function properly.

Yeah, I used a tiling script for Kwin called Krohnkite; that has also not being updated for KDE6 and hence cannot be used .

There is another script called Polonium, but I don’t know how to get it to work. The github says it was compiled for KDE6, but it also gives the same validation failed error.
I got Polonium working. It’s not as feature rich as Krohnkite. But it will do for now.

[dr460nf1r3]

@mincha.9999

so that means it would be fixed after the official release of plasma 6?

Blur gets fixed once the next Kvantum version gets pushed into Arch repos.

[josoa]

I just updated my garuda and passed to Plasma 6 environment. I have some issues with garuda’s blur system on some application.
Here’s my garuda-inxi:

Kernel: 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=aa287934-5805-46ed-84db-b0dafa8fa305 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.1 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ZBook Firefly 14 inch G8 Mobile
Workstation PC v: SBKPF serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <filter>
Mobo: HP model: 880D v: KBC Version 30.4F.00 serial: <filter>
part-nu: 275W4AV uuid: 3bd56834-6488-451c-8d54-5e89586c334b UEFI: HP
v: T76 Ver. 01.15.02 date: 11/15/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 26.3 Wh (66.6%) condition: 39.5/53.2 Wh (74.1%)
volts: 11.3 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 152
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 socket: U3E1 bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
microcode: 0xB4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 812 high: 1130 min/max: 400/4800 base/boost: 3000/4800
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.8 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 938 2: 908 3: 990 4: 400 5: 820 6: 915 7: 400
8: 1130 bogomips: 47923
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T500 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1fbb
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech HP HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 30c9:0046
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: server: X.Org v: 23.2.4 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1406 built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 157 gamma: 1.2 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.69") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:9a49 memory: 30.31 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:9a49 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA T500 driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:1fbb
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256
bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.2-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.7.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: n/a (root, process) 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: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 226.16 GiB (47.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix
model: PC711 HFS512GDE9X073N size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: HPS0 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 54d 9h cycles: 715
read-units: 14,160,246 [7.25 TB] written-units: 10,791,248 [5.52 TB]
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 145.6 GiB size: 145.6 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.37 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 119.7 MiB (46.7%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 145.6 GiB size: 145.6 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.37 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 145.6 GiB size: 145.6 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.37 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 145.6 GiB size: 145.6 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.37 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.04 GiB used: 4.4 GiB (14.2%)
igpu: 64 MiB
Processes: 286 Power: uptime: 44m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.35 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1477 libs: 420 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.26
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date:     2023-12-16
Last full system update: 2024-03-10
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Yes
Failed units:

[FGD]

@josoa

I have some issues with garuda’s blur system on some application.

Solution:

@dr460nf1r3

Blur gets fixed once the next Kvantum version gets pushed into Arch repos.