Not able to Add any new Widgets, Package Type "Plasma/Applet" not found

[dschibster]

Hello Garuda Community! I recently switched after nuking my Windows partition and wondering if I even need anything specific to it. So here I am.

I had to switch from Wayland to X11 because my Nvidia drivers bork everything, especially my go-to Browser brave which behaves beautifully so long as I don’t switch to Wayland. Not sure if this is of any importance but I thought I should add it.

I’m currently on the dr460nized version of Plasma. I have been trying to get GCal Sync to work with calendar applications on the menu bar. For that I have heard that the Event Calendar widget is the way to go. However, trying to either download or install it via a link does not work.

The Context Menu “Add Widgets” and respectively “Get new Widgets” is missing from my Desktop environment.
When I start Edit Mode and select “Add Widgets”, no window or anything pops up. I can only really select the alternative widgets on the digital clock widget but not add anything else.

I tried installing the plasmoid via Konsole, only to get the following output:

kf.package: Invalid metadata for package structure "Plasma/Applet"
Package type "Plasma/Applet" not found
kf.coreaddons.desktopparser: Unable to find service type for service "Plasma/Applet" listed in "/tmp/kpackagetool5-fTNmop/metadata.desktop" - service type search directories were ("/home/dschib/.local/share", "/usr/local/share", "/usr/share")
Successfully installed /home/dschib/Downloads/eventcalendar.plasmoid

It said successfully installed but seemingly did not realize what it was actually installing.
Trying to run it via Browser gives me this error:

Could not read file ocs://install?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles04.pling.com%2Fapi%2Ffiles%2Fdownload%2Fj%2FeyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjE2NTE1ODkwMDE…dWxsfQ.a5xoYdL9vJ8BOFFGiAhPiM1TFCsTlCwF3jvkeBl8TCI%2Feventcalendar-v76-plasma5.13.plasmoid&type=plasma5_plasmoids&filename=eventcalendar-v76-plasma5.13.plasmoid.

What am I missing? I did not find any hints on how to resolve this issue because the most I see is how to right-click the desktop to add widgets.

EDIT: Even if the Widget itself might not be updated for Plasma 6, this seems to be a general issue? Or does it have to do with changes to Plasma 6 that prevent me from getting new widgets? Any hint here would be appreciated so I know what to do or simply to wait.

[nepti]

Please post your garuda-inxi as requested by the template.

@dschibster

For that I have heard that the Event Calendar widget is the way to go.

The Event Calendar widget does not work with Plasma 6.

@dschibster

However, trying to either download or install it via a link does not work.

This is for the reason mentioned above.

@dschibster

I tried installing the plasmoid via Konsole

Do not install Plasmoids via terminal!

Welcome to the community

[dschibster]

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My bad about garuda-inxi, here is the output.

Not being able to install event calendar due to Plasma 6 makes sense. Did Plasma 6 also change the way that you can get Widgets in general? I did expect there to at least the context menu that (apparently) still was present on Plasma 5.

Do not install Plasmoids via terminal!

Sorry it was a last-ditch effort before realizing that it was probably due to the newer version of Plasma.
Should I try removing what was installed or did it simply not do anything because it didn’t recognize the package type?

[nepti]

@dschibster

Did Plasma 6 also change the way that you can get Widgets in general?

No, the path is still the same. But it doesn’t work for you. Plasma 6 is currently a bit buggy for some users.

@dschibster

Should I try removing what was installed

Yep, remove it again. The same way you installed it, just the other way around.

Edit: A quick search of the KDE bug list was unsuccessful, but it is definitely a KDE bug.

@dschibster

Last full system update: 2024-05-05 ↻

If you haven’t done so by now, reboot and check again.

[Bro]

@nepti

Plasma 6 is currently a bit buggy for some users.

@nepti

The Event Calendar widget does not work with Plasma 6.

It’s not so much Plasma 6, but mostly AUR scripts that have not been updated to accomodate the Plasma 6 upgrade by their developers/maintainers. To be fair, they have had plenty of warning and the time of do so.

But in their defense, their developers are just people users humans, some of whom have moved on to greener other pastures. So to speak.

Some will be updated, some will not, but sooner or later somebody–could it be you?–will step in to fill the void with a new, functioning Plasmoid!

[nepti]

Yea, I agree with you for the most part. But the issues with the panels in plasma 6 are present in all Linux distros.

@Bro

Some will be updated, some will not, but sooner or later somebody–could it be you?–will step in to fill the void with a new, functioning Plasmoid!

Nope, I don’t need these gimmicks. I run Vanilla Arch w/o a desktop environment…only tty

[Bro]

@nepti

But the issues with the panels in plasma 6 are present in all Linux distros.

Of course they’re also in vanilla Arch + Plasma, since, you know, “vanilla”…

@nepti

I run Vanilla Arch w/o a desktop environment…only tty

Are you bragging or complaining? Lynx must suck.

[nepti]

@Bro

Are you bragging or complaining?

Both. Unfortunately, I only have Windows + Lynx in a Powershell, so every day I sit at my hack_o_mat - wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses - and infiltrate all the Linux forums

[elite]

If you fresh installed kde 6 they did change “Add Widget” to not show in the R click menu. If you upgraded from 5 it should still be there.

You have to right click empty desktop - click “Enter Edit Mode”
Then it will be at the top of the screen.

[dschibster]

You have to right click empty desktop - click “Enter Edit Mode”
Then it will be at the top of the screen.

I moved that bar to the bottom of the screen so it doesn’t get obscured by the top bar, but clicking on “Add Widget” does not open anything. Neither a window nor any kind of other context menu.

I’m away from my device for the next two days, but I did reboot quite a few times on Sunday without there being any kind of change. I made a fresh install with Plasma 6.

[elite]

got ya the only thing I can think of your missing a package of some kind. maybe kdeplasma-addons

[dschibster]

Should be able to get added via Octopi right? Will take a look once I can get back to my desk.

[nepti]

@Bro: I have no idea how you come up with something like that. This has nothing to do with arch, the problems with plasma 6 also affect fedora and kde neon, for example.

@Kresimir: Says someone who has an empty gitlab account and was banned from the endeavour forum.
How about you contribute something constructive, for example here:

Unable to boot into the default kernel

I believe I may be affected by this problem. After running garuda-update, I am unable to boot into the default kernel (linux-zen); However, I am able to boot into linux-amd-zen3. I’m also not able to fully boot into my snapshots: I’m able to get into a tty, but journalctl shows that the display sever fails to launch, giving the same “failed to read display number from pipe” error that was identified by BluishHumility. What should I do? here’s the garuda-inxi output for my system. System: Ker…

or these two topics:

Gpu fan suddenly starts going wild and screen goes black

Sometimes my screen will randomly go black, coinciding with the gpu spinning up the fans very loudly. I can see that the power stays relatively stable and low. If audio was playing when the screen gos black, it’ll keep on playing. I did manage to send a message with the black screen once too, so I suspect I still have use of everything other than the monitor. Removing the monitor from the dedicated gpu to the integrated doesn’t help, but if I’ve booted with the monitor plugged into the integrat…

GPU has fallen off the bus

Hi! I’ve posted about this issue before here, but it’s returned after a hiatus, and I figured I’d share what I’ve got and see if it’s possible to get an answer together. garuda-inxi: System: Kernel: 6.8.5-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=ff218736-6729-4d49-a2d2-0dc7487c0fc3 rw rootflags=subvol=@ rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3 mem_sleep_default=s2idle …

and go through all the logs chronologically and give your opinion? A second opinion is always helpful and contributes to finding a solution.
But these are just examples. I know that you are not stupid and could help with many problems.
The entire community would benefit from this.

Personally, I have nothing against having fun. But if you have nothing better to do in a topic - where someone is looking for a solution to a problem - than trolling, you should register on reddit.
There’s too much OT here again btw.

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@dschibster: You can also try reinstalling Plasma, maybe helps:

sudo pacman -S plasma-workspace plasma-desktop

reboot.

Another option would be to change the global theme to “breeze” and check whether the “add widgets page” works.

You can also try creating a new user account to check if it works without any issues.

Or you wait for the next version of Plasma and hope that the bugs have been fixed

[Bro]

@nepti

@Bro: I have no idea how you come up with something like that. This has nothing to do with arch, the problems with plasma 6 also affect fedora and kde neon, for example.

I was agreeing with you. I apologize for the misunderstanding. I must have been THC-deficit.

[dschibster]

After I got back to my desk and tried it again, the widget window opened up to the left. Nothing I did differently per se, but it seems like this is now resolved. Now to only hope someone else gets on a calendar widget with Google Calendar integration.

[nepti]

Spontaneous self-healing for the win