Global Theme acting squirrely

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Sometimes when my cursor touches the wrong place – I don’t know where or how it happens – my screens both turn hazy. I can still see everything, but it appears as if in a fog. Sometimes when I try to change the Global Theme I get a message to contact the theme developer because it is not working correctly. But if I double click Apply it seems to overcome its problem and works. But usually the only way I can get my screens back to normal is to reboot. That does not always work. Any help clearing this up will be greatly appreciated.

  Kernel: 6.6.46-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=837c4445-d72c-4f7d-85c9-da3a06e79088 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=28e59c87-02a4-44b7-bba3-d5bcc321aa68 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.5.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z690-A v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2403
    date: 05/11/2023
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0x35
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 20 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 4x64 KiB
    L2: 12 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 25 MiB desc: 1x25 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1069 high: 3367 min/max: 800/4800:4900:3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 3367 6: 800 7: 2560 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 1858 12: 800 13: 800
    14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 bogomips: 84500
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  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 mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: XFX Pine driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands
    process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300 temp: 50.0 C
  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: 3840x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x317mm (40.00x12.48")
    s-diag: 1064mm (41.9") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> built: 2007
    res: 1920x1200 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.6 size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76")
    diag: 611mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer G276HL serial: <filter> built: 2016
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27") 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: 24.1.6-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (radeonsi
    polaris10 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.54 6.6.46-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:67df
    memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 580 Series (RADV POLARIS10) driver: mesa radv v: 24.1.6-arch1.1
    device-ID: 1002:67df surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 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: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.46-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.2 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.49 TiB used: 691.96 GiB (12.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 39.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 2000GB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 04RL scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
    size: 28.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 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: 0000 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD20SDRW-11VUUS0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1034 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.78 TiB (98.37%) used: 120.38 GiB (6.6%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 752
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB available: 62.54 GiB used: 4.27 GiB (6.8%)
  Processes: 401 Power: uptime: 5m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 25 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1565 pm: pacman pkgs: 1560 libs: 431 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 5 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.2.32 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
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It might help if you specify which theme you are using, and verify that it is in fact Plasma 6 compatible, before asking for support.

Cheers.

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I’ve had the same problems with Breeze Dark, Oxygen, Breeze, and Breath Dark.

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Do you have anything set to happen in System Settings → Mouse & Touchpad → Screen Edges ? — Just guessing if that might be what’s triggering it. I think there was a “blur” effect in there which might be conflicting with Plasma6 if it’s still present?

Also:

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Not that I can see. Here’s what it looks like:

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I’ll look into deleting old configs. Thanks.

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By default, Plasma sets up the top-left corner as a hot spot for the Overview effect, which does indeed blur the desktop, even when there is no active window on the current desktop. Clicking on the desktop or pressing Esc or Enter should return the normal view.

From your screenshot, it appears that you still have the default hot corner setup. You can either reassign this or disable it altogether by right-clicking the pertinent section on the depicted image of a monitor.

As for potential corruption of your existing Plasma configuration files, you may want to completely log out of Plasma, switch over to a tty, log in there as yourself, and delete the contents of ~/.cache/. If that is not enough yet, then you can try the same thing, but also rename all of the Plasma-related files in ~/.config/ to a .bak suffix and log into Plasma again in order to start over with the “factory defaults”.

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Maybe you should try to force it then… move your mouse cursor in every corner.

It could be the Virtual Desktop maybe? If i remember right, it was default the top left corner, i had to disable it again in Plasma6.

But its strange that you have Graphic error’s because of it :frowning:

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I have tried ESC and ENTER when this happens but nothing worked. The only remedy was to restart Manjaro, and the last time I couldn’t even do that. I had to manually shut down/start.
I have reset the hot corner setup (System Settings > Screen Edges > No action) and with fingers crossed will consider this a solution. Since I have everything back where I want it now, and nothing seems to be amiss, I think the Plasma config files are not corrupted. But I am saving your instructions for getting back to the factory defaults in case I’m wrong. Thank you.

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