I wonder if anyone else has come across this and if so, if they’ve found a fix.
I hadn’t seen the problem before 2024-10-10, so it seems clear something in that update is triggering it.
When I drag an Smplayer window, the entire desktop freezes. Though the audio from Smplayer continues to play (so it’s very much screen-related). The whole thing seems un-recoverable; I’ve tried logging into a TTY and running plasmashell --replace
, to no avail. Also tried sudo systemctl restart sddm
, which does force another login (it’s configured to automatically log into my session) but that just brings up a broken desktop which is unresponsive, so the only way round it seems to be to reboot.
It only seems to be Smplayer, I haven’t seen the problem with any other software.
[Edit]: turns out it isn’t just Smplayer, as I’ve have the same problem when dragging a Thunderbird window. So evidentely that was just coincidence.
The journal doesn’t seem to give any useful clues; the only mention of Smplayer is multiple complaints from kmix - org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
This is an AMD system running Plasma on Xorg, fully up-to-date with the latest upgrade.
Output of journal at the time of the problem:
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.830] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_registry_global: Stream/Output/Audio 67 SoX with serial 1462 has been added
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.832] [DBG] AppConfig::isAppBlocked: SoX is not blocked
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.833] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_registry_global: SoX port 81 is connected to jamesdsp_sink port 74
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.833] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_registry_global: SoX port 69 is connected to jamesdsp_sink port 63
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.833] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_metadata_property: new metadata property: 67, target.node, Spa:Id, 55
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.834] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_metadata_property: new metadata property: 67, target.object, Spa:Id, 1355
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: adding 3 mixers
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Devices:1" "Playback Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Capture_Devices:1" "Capture Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Streams:1" "Playback Streams"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.851] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_destroy_node_proxy: Stream/Output/Audio 67 SoX hasbeen removed
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.852] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_metadata_property: new metadata property: 67,
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: adding 3 mixers
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Devices:1" "Playback Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Capture_Devices:1" "Capture Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Streams:1" "Playback Streams"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.866] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_registry_global: Stream/Output/Audio 67 SoX with serial 1468 has been added
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.867] [DBG] AppConfig::isAppBlocked: SoX is not blocked
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.868] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_registry_global: SoX port 69 is connected to jamesdsp_sink port 74
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.868] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_registry_global: SoX port 79 is connected to jamesdsp_sink port 63
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: adding 3 mixers
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Devices:1" "Playback Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Capture_Devices:1" "Capture Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Streams:1" "Playback Streams"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.869] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_metadata_property: new metadata property: 67, target.node, Spa:Id, 55
Oct 27 12:53:08 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:08.869] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_metadata_property: new metadata property: 67, target.object, Spa:Id, 1355
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:10.841] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_destroy_node_proxy: Stream/Output/Audio 67 SoX hasbeen removed
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp jamesdsp[1768755]: [12:53:10.841] [DBG] PwPipelineManager::on_metadata_property: new metadata property: 67, , ,
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: adding 3 mixers
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Devices:1" "Playback Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Capture_Devices:1" "Capture Devices"
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Streams:1" "Playback Streams"
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 27 12:53:10 antwerp kmix[1768760]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "SMPlayer"
output of inxi --full --admin --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 6.11.2-4-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.11-x86_64
root=UUID=44065c64-593e-46ce-8be7-c07b0a031786 rw udev.log_priority=3
audit=0 consoleblank=0 sysrq_always_enabled=1 mitigations=off
amdgpu.noretry=0 idle=nomwait amd_iommu=on iommu=pt libata.force=noncq
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.6.0
wm: kwin_x11 tools: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME A320M-K v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4011 date: 04/19/2018
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Zen level: v3 note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x11 (17) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x810100B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1374 min/max: 1600/3850 boost: disabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1374 2: 1374 3: 1374
4: 1374 bogomips: 30752
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and
usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable; IBPB: disabled; STIBP: disabled;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series /
Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15dd class-ID: 0300 temp: 52.0 C
Device-2: Realtek RTL2838 DVB-T driver: N/A type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 0bda:2838
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL2838 DVB-T driver: N/A type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:2838
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: Samsung C24F390
serial: <filter> built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.4-arch1.0.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (radeonsi
raven LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.59 6.11.2-4-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:15dd
memory: 1000 MiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: mesa radv v: 24.2.4-arch1.0.1
device-ID: 1002:15dd surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP
Audio vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.11.2-4-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
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Info: services: httpd, ntpd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 14.74 TiB used: 2.61 TiB (17.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS120G2G0A-00JH30 size: 111.8 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0000
scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000VN004-3CP101
size: 7.28 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BB080G4
size: 74.53 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0355 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Seagate model: OneTouch HDD
size: 4.55 TiB 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: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1707 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: A mandatory SMART command failed. Various possible causes.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 28.67 GiB (97.86%) used: 20.29 GiB (70.8%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 4.1 MiB (1.4%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 82.2 GiB size: 80.36 GiB (97.75%)
used: 35.03 GiB (43.6%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 150 GiB size: 146.59 GiB (97.72%)
used: 1.73 GiB (1.2%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-9
maj-min: 254:9 mapped: 8T-vartmp
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 0 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 2
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 13.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: 200 dev: /dev/sdd4 maj-min: 8:52
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.2 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 985 fan-2: 1430
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.27 vbat: 3.14
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.29 GiB used: 4.82 GiB (15.9%)
Processes: 311 Power: uptime: 2h 33m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.1 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil
Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1945 libs: 351 tools: octopi,pamac,yay
Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.36