Hey All!
I’ve been using Garuda Mokka for a few days now, and it’s largely been great.
However this morning before work I turned on my PC and discovered that my desktop was blank. The applications I had open before I turned my PC reopened themselves (Firefox, Steam, Discord), but all of the UI and my wallpapers vanished. Additionally, I have no sound.
This is bizarre to me, as I as far as I know haven’t done anything to cause this (I’m sure I have but do I know what did it…no). As far as I can tell, all I’ve done is use Steam, Discord, Firefox, and garuda-update to do normal computer stuff. No tricky maneuvers, no wild out there packages.
Flash forward to now after work, I boot into my PC again and I get a helpful little pop up window:
plasmashell — Crash Handler
Gathering crash information failed for unknown reasons. You can retry, close the window, or view detailed output.
Automatic Report [Restart plasmashell]
Collecting crash data. The collected data will automatically be submitted in the background.
And so I think “oh good, at least I have something to google now.”
Of course, what I turn up has not been too helpful (At least, not to me…I’m sure it helps someone but I’m a fool).
What I have read thus-far:
This madlad whose KDE install was done by hand and who was not using garuda-update
(As I write these, I discover that among other things the clipboard isn’t working so I have to copy all this data by hand…yay)
So then I read this post and decided to give the solution in it a try.
And sure enough, Plasma has appeared to stopped crashing and “works” now after deleting the file ~/.config/plasmashellrc.
Which is great! Except my wallpaper has vanished.
If I view the Desktop and Wallpaper Settings, I can see that they are still what they should be.
But all I’ve got are flat black backgrounds (which, if this were a work computer would be fine. It isn’t 
).
So I put it to you, wizards of the internet!
Where has my wallpaper gone, and how do I conjure it back?
(Oh, and because y’all want it):
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.15.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=56e860a8-7ca9-4ddf-956b-495ba0def4bd rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.15.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B86 v: 5.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550 GAMING GEN3 (MS-7B86) v: 5.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: P.90 date: 03/26/2025
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201213
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: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3691 min/max: 575/4151 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3691 2: 3691 3: 3691
4: 3691 5: 3691 6: 3691 7: 3691 8: 3691 9: 3691 10: 3691 11: 3691 12: 3691
13: 3691 14: 3691 15: 3691 16: 3691 bogomips: 96001
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,Unknown-2 bus-ID: 2b:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1e07 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: webcamvendor NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3443:60bb class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 7680x4320 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: top-right model: Dell P2414H serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 178% (1.78) to: 1080x1920
dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x297mm (20.75x11.69") diag: 605mm (23.8")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: middle-c model: YMG-4K32-01 serial: <filter>
built: 2021 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 145% (1.45) to: 2648x1490
dpi: 139 gamma: 1.2 size: 700x390mm (27.56x15.35") diag: 801mm (31.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 pos: bottom-l model: Dell U2713HM serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.03
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 10.74 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 device-ID: 10de:1e07
surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.7 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.5-arch1.1 (LLVM 20.1.7)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f7 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: webcamvendor NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3443:60bb class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Medeli WMT800 Microphone
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2:3 chip-ID: 0a67:d061 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.15.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 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 RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 82.94 GiB (4.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: SN26904 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 635.81 GiB size: 635.81 GiB (100.00%)
used: 82.94 GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 635.81 GiB size: 635.81 GiB (100.00%)
used: 82.94 GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 635.81 GiB size: 635.81 GiB (100.00%)
used: 82.94 GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 635.81 GiB size: 635.81 GiB (100.00%)
used: 82.94 GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.1 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 4.51 GiB (14.4%)
Processes: 364 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.45 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2101 libs: 523 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 20.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-1):
System install date: 2025-07-02
Last full system update: 2025-07-07
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
Thanks for your time and attention!
EDIT:
Noticing that at in my top icons bar it has what appears to be a rectangle containing a square and circle with a question mark.
Clicking it brings up a window called “Plasma Renderer.”
It lists:
Rendering Backend as “Software”
Render Loop as “Automatic”
GL Core Profile has a box labeled “Force” that is disabled.
