Hello, and sorry for such strange title but I don’t really know how to name this issue.
Just after the update I rebooted as always and I saw that the GRUB was in some “low resolution mode” (similar to when you play really old games that don’t even allow 1080p but will occupy the whole screen anyway), something I found strange since it hand’t happened before.
After that, when I log in (X11), I had the issue I am showing in the next image.
In the image you can see 3 “windows”, first one belonging to Brave Browser, second is Plasma Engine and third is the Plasma Menu (the one that appears when you click on the plasma icon on bottom left corner).
The image seems ok since there is no graphical issue at all. The problem are the next points:
- Windows always appear on top, just where Brave Browser appears, and it happens with all the applicantions, though width is application dependant.
- I can’t move the windows below the point where you see the Plasma engine window.
- I can change their width and height beyond that point though.
- The plasma menu appears where you see it and sometimes with some visual bug (the shutdown, hibernate, … buttons appear dupped and laggy)
What I have tried:
- Rebooting but the problem persist.
What I hadn’t tried:
- Changing to wayland.
- Changing the plasma engine options (The warning says you should change it if you know, and I don’t)
Commands:
inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 6.12.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=14a8757a-19a7-4880-ba96-e1405f987117 rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=6ceeb571-c6a5-4f7d-b851-aef4c141bc66 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B560M DS3H V2
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F11 date: 12/19/2023
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.48 GiB used: 3.85 GiB (24.9%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Controller0-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
Device-2: Controller0-ChannelA type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMK8GX4M1E3200C16
serial: N/A
Device-3: Controller0-ChannelB-DIMM0 type: no module installed
Device-4: Controller0-ChannelB type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMK8GX4M1E3200C16
serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10700F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xFC
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB
desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800
bogomips: 92838
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq
pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx
vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: none off: DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:24c9 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 2 default screen: 0
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 707x393mm (27.83x15.47")
s-diag: 809mm (31.85")
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.48") modes: N/A
Screen-2: 1 s-res: 1440x2560 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 340x610mm (13.39x24.02")
s-diag: 698mm (27.49")
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.133.07 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:24c9 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:f0c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
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: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D /
Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0012 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.19-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: jack_control,qjackctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 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: 1000 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.3 TiB used: 364.82 GiB (15.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Blue SN570 500GB 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: 234100WD temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZRX-00L4HB0
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: KUIJIA model: Dahua T70 PSSD
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2201 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 936.53 GiB size: 920.76 GiB (98.32%)
used: 364.82 GiB (39.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
uuid: 14a8757a-19a7-4880-ba96-e1405f987117
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A
uuid: 8762-9A96
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: swap
uuid: 6ceeb571-c6a5-4f7d-b851-aef4c141bc66
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 524C-0544
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 465.14 GiB fs: ntfs
label: Sistema M.2 uuid: 5EC84CB3C84C8AEB
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 522 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 1E44681E4467F745
ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs
label: Almacenamiento HDD uuid: FEB8CE9AB8CE50B7
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-7:2 info: Holtek Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:a096 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-8:3 info: HP OMEN Reactor type: mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 200mA chip-ID: 03f0:2041 class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 1-9:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-11:6 info: Integrated Express RGB LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5702 class-ID: 0300
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1:2 info: JMicron / USA PSSD-T70 type: mass storage driver: uas
interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
power: 896mA chip-ID: 152d:0580 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: 31.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: nvidia screen: :0.0 temp: 43 C fan: 0% device: nvidia
screen: :0.1 temp: 43 C fan: 0%
Repos:
Packages: 1718 pm: pacman pkgs: 1708 libs: 472 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 10
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: http://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 353
1: cpu: 33.0% command: brave pid: 3370 mem: 322.8 MiB (2.0%)
2: cpu: 9.4% command: brave pid: 2730 mem: 361.5 MiB (2.2%)
3: cpu: 8.8% command: brave pid: 1892 mem: 331.6 MiB (2.0%)
4: cpu: 6.2% command: brave pid: 1935 mem: 394.6 MiB (2.4%)
5: cpu: 4.7% command: brave pid: 1855 mem: 471.9 MiB (2.9%)
Memory top: 5 of 353
1: mem: 471.9 MiB (2.9%) command: brave pid: 1855 cpu: 4.7%
2: mem: 394.6 MiB (2.4%) command: brave pid: 1935 cpu: 6.2%
3: mem: 379.2 MiB (2.3%) command: plasmashell pid: 1413 cpu: 0.5%
4: mem: 361.5 MiB (2.2%) command: brave pid: 2730 cpu: 9.4%
5: mem: 331.6 MiB (2.0%) command: brave pid: 1892 cpu: 8.8%
Info:
Processes: 353 Power: uptime: 52m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.11 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
About logs, I don’t know what should I send, and sending everything would be a mess since I have some UFW Block every 5 seconds, so the logs are full and hard to read without proper filtering.
Also I have this icon that didn’t appear before. It is about the Plasma Engine.
Summary
The second, right next to packages manager icon.
