Hello,
Since the Manjaro 25.1.0 Update (KDE Plasma), Dolphin always freezes when there are files in the current folder for which I have enabled file preview.
Dolphin simply stops responding, but there is no CPU load to indicate that anything is being loaded.
If I disable previews for file types in the settings, there are no problems.
I am currently using version 25.12.0 of Dolphin.
Is this a known issue and can anyone help me here?
Kind regards
Hi @Anomalie,
The only thing I can think of is clearing your cache:
rm -fr ~/.cache/*
Don’t worry, the contents will be regenerated as needed.
Hope this helps!
There could be an issue with some specific file types as they all require a dedicated “driver” to generate a preview. I would try to narrow down the specific file format making issues. For example HEIF or HEIC are not naturally supported as far as I know. Should normally not cause a freeze, but who knows.
You can configure previews for different file types in the Dolphin configuration, so you could experiment with turning off various types to see if you can identify a particular type causing problems.
You could also run journalctl -f in a terminal before starting Dolphin and watch for any errors or warnings.
Probably related: