Black Kde Screen

[Jose96]

Hi I just made some updates and after the reboot i found this black screen.
I can use Manjaro but I can’t interact with the desktop (no right click).
It’s not the first time I have this problem.

PS. How can I upload the screenshot?

[winnie]

Try this, see if it resolves it:

1. Log out of KDE

2. Switch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2

3. Login with your username/password to this terminal

4. Stop the SDDM service

sudo systemctl stop sddm

5. Rebuild KDE cache

kbuildsycoca5 --noincremental

6. Wait about ten seconds

7. Restart the SDDM service

sudo systemctl restart sddm && exit

8. Switch back to TTY1 with CTRL + ALT + F1 and login to your KDE session

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If this still doesn’t resolve it, there’s one extra thing you can try, but it will mean you need to redo your display config.

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @Jose96, and welcome!

@Jose96

PS. How can I upload the screenshot?

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[Jose96]

It didn’t work.
I don’t care if I have to redo my display configuration.

it seems that if I modify my display config (I’m using an hdmi monitor) this problem disappear but I don’t know why.
Maybe it’s related to the fact that I’m using an external monitor.

[Jose96]

Thank you.

[winnie]

Repeat the above steps, but before Step #7 do this:

rm -rfv ~/.local/share/kscreen

Then continue with Step #7 and #8.

Please be careful with the rm command. It will not prompt you for a confirmation, so make sure you don’t accidentally type in something else or use auto-complete for the wrong target.

[winnie]

@Jose96

it seems that if I modify my display config (I’m using an hdmi monitor) this problem disappear but I don’t know why.

Removing the directory ~/.local/share/kscreen will reset your Display / external monitor settings. By modifying the settings, you might have forced KDE to refresh the config files.

It’s possible that with updates to KDE, there is a mis-match of older settings (maybe a different format?) and the latest KDE/Plasma version.

[Jose96]

Thank you, this worked !!!

[winnie]

I must be in a stupor. Are my eyes or mind playing tricks on me, or did you just change your avatar profile image?

[Jose96]

just changed.
I logged out after installing matlab and now i have the same problem…

[winnie]

Even after repeating the above (all of them) steps?

[Jose96]

No i think I have just to change my monitor config, it’s faster.
But I’d like to understand why this problem comes out