Taskbar Display Problems

Issues & Assistance KDE
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Hello, first of all, I would like to point out that I am a new Linux user, so I would appreciate it if you could simplify your answers :slight_smile:

My problem is that sometimes my taskbar freezes. Even if I close an app it appears open. For example, I opened OBS Studio and closed it after I was done, but it did not disappear from my taskbar. Also, my taskbar no longer moves up and down, it suddenly appears when I hover over it, and some applications cannot be clicked. To solve this problem, I tried switching to X11 but the same thing happened again. I went into the taskbar settings and tried turning some settings on and off, but it still didn’t work.

Kernel: 6.6.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=40a1b073-0fd3-4276-b76e-b74cd211bf9b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H610M H DDR4 v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: H610M H DDR4 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FSa date: 10/19/2023
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 5
microcode: 0x32
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB
L3: 18 MiB desc: 1x18 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 926 high: 1785 min/max: 800/4400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1331 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 1785 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
bogomips: 59904
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; 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-2 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
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: zink inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
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: 1.3.274 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
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-3: C-Media SN-RGW9 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:4
chip-ID: 0d8c:0012 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 43.65 GiB (3.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: MLD M300 NVMe SSD
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EDFMF0.0 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: HD105SI
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.65 GiB (9.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.65 GiB (9.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.65 GiB (9.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.65 GiB (9.4%) 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: 15.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: 31.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 326 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.45 GiB used: 3.08 GiB (20.0%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1777 libs: 519 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.4
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.21-1):
System install date:     2023-12-23
Last full system update: 2023-12-23
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Have you tried login into x11

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When it happens try to open the system settings, search for compositor, check its status, and if offered to reset it, go for it.
And, in general, you can enable / disable the compositor on the fly with alt+shift+F12.
If you have troubles opening system settings you can launch it with Krunner (shortcut should be alt+space or alt+F2).

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Hello. Since this is a KDE related problem, please let it stay in that category when I move it. Thanks

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I don’t understand what I need to change here. I may have misunderstood you because my operating system is in a different language. I’m sorry for this

resim
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Yes i tried

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does this happen with all apps ?

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I don’t think the problem is with the applications. It happens at random times and freezes, then all the applications I open from the taskbar become unclickable.

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go into settings >display>compositor and choose : a balance of latency and smoothness ,

see if this helps or else try switching to the mainstream normal linux kernel with:

sudo pacman -S linux linux-headers

Try switching to a different theme like breeeze twilight or something although I am unsure if this will even work(make sure to logout and re-login once the theme is applied, this applies to all themes).

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Not work. I think it is caused by something else. If you look at the other problems, you can see that I have problems in many places in all themes: