KDE became very buggy after a recent update

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Hey there, fellow dragonizers.

I'm wondering if I'm the only one experiencing a lot of bugs in my KDE after a recent update (prob a couple of days).

  1. A service named kded5 constantly crashing. I don't know all its functionality, but at least it leads to crash of all panel applications (e.g. Discord, yakuake in tray mode). I mean, they're still open, but can't be accessed.
  2. Desktop is buggy! When moving something to ~/Desktop/ or downloading to it, the new files show up in ls output, but no desktop icons are appearing for them until reboot/relog.
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.12-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=d4f24890-497a-4b6f-bb80-b3374410998b rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
    resume=UUID=97fa3e3b-b2f7-493c-94c8-2f34455cf554 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.0 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 info: latte-dock
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS PRO AX
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F16a
    date: 02/16/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA50000C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3788 high: 4442 min/max: 1400/4464 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3546 2: 3552
    3: 3900 4: 3553 5: 3900 6: 3647 7: 3550 8: 3900 9: 4442 10: 4024 11: 3553
    12: 3900 bogomips: 93426
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
    process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: none
    bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
  Device-2: GEMBIRD USB2.0 PC CAMERA type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2.1:3 chip-ID: 1908:2310
    class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: Idek Iiyama PL2492H
    serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.4 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
    15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.1.12-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 3-2.1:3 pcie: chip-ID: 1908:2310 gen: 3 class-ID: 0102
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: GEMBIRD USB2.0 PC CAMERA type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.12-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Interface: sndio v: N/A running: no
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:2
    chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 400.09 GiB (43.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 914.67 GiB size: 914.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 400.09 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 592 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.67 GiB size: 914.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 400.09 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 914.67 GiB size: 914.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 400.09 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 914.67 GiB size: 914.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 400.09 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 14.98 GiB used: 896.2 MiB (5.8%)
    priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 62.6 C mobo: 27.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 39.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 608
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 1.69 vbat: 1.59
Info:
  Processes: 425 Uptime: 8h 44m wakeups: 0 Memory: 14.98 GiB
  used: 8.39 GiB (56.0%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 2774 libs: 603 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.0 default: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.25
Garuda (2.6.14-1):
  System install date:     2021-11-16
  Last full system update: 2023-02-18 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:
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Hi, please use search function. "latte dock"

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Your issues probably started after the upgrade to Plasma 5.27 packages on Feb 16th.

If performing the migration from Latte-Dock to Plasma Panels (what SGS pointed out in previous post) does not help your issues, then judging by the type of these issues, the first places I would look for answers would be on forum.kde.org and bugs.kde.org.
These issues sound like core KDE, which is why I’d look there first and see if anyone has the same issues or what the KDE Community can say about it. :slight_smile:

I myself had one issue since that upgrade and I found a bug opened for it on bugs.kde.org.

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