After the recent upgrade I got a lot of visual problems in KDE
Many of them are random and hard to catch a print such as:
Blur turning on and off randomly
Elements, icons and LatteDock bugging (print here )
Panels flashing the shadow randomly
Several “holes” in the windows appearing very quickly, but they are not black and correspond to the background
As I said, it is very random, they can go for hours without appearing, but when they do, they are very annoying and persist on the screen.
Something similar here but I have no idea if it’s mesa and if I downgrade will solve this
Details of my system
System: Kernel: 5.10.18-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.1 tk: Qt 5.15.2
info: latte-dock, docker wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: S400CA v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: S400CA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: S400CA.210 date: 01/27/2014
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 34.4 Wh condition: 35.2/45.3 Wh (78%) volts: 11.2/11.2 model: ASUSTek X402--40 type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: Unknown cycles: 450
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3317U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 L2 cache: 3 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 13573
Speed: 2295 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2295 2: 2297 3: 2295 4: 2307
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0166 class ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony UVC 1.00 device HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-1.2:3 chip ID: 04f2:b354
class ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel resolution: 1: 1366x768~60Hz
2: 1920x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.4 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.18-1-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave driver: ath9k v: kernel port: f040
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0032 class ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: alx v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 1969:1091 class ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: veth68c590c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus ID: 3-3:4
chip ID: 0a12:0001 class ID: e001
Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends
Drives: Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 135.89 GiB (60.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: B1D2 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / size: 42.71 GiB used: 38.75 GiB (90.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 255 KiB (0.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda4
ID-3: /home size: 174.21 GiB used: 97.14 GiB (55.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap: Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 73.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 4000
Info: Processes: 258 Uptime: 2h 28m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 4.87 GiB (63.5%) Init: systemd v: 247
target: graphical.target Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: 1774 pacman: 1752 flatpak: 14 snap: 8
Shell: fish v: 3.1.2 default: Bash v: 5.1.0 running in: konsole inxi: 3.3.01
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I capture some crash of KDE, this is the video
Ben
March 5, 2021, 7:56am
#3
I had this kind of problem, so I switched back to the 5.4 LTS kernel - and it’s fine now. Try that first.
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paolol
March 5, 2021, 9:44am
#4
I have KDE 5.21.1 and all works fine I upgrade also the kernel to 5.11.1-1.
Thank you! Downgrading back to 5.4 LTS kernel solved this problem for me too.
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Upgrade to Xfce! - scnr -
Seems to me like your kwin configs are corrupted and not compatible with the massively updated kwin or it’s a problem with theming. Delete configs (go back to defaults) and customize it again. See if it helps, at least for some issues. Others look like graphical driver glitches.
Or simply create a test user with default settings, log in and see if the issues happen also on this user. If not, it’s an indicator that user configs are creating the issue.
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Thank you. I was able to go back to the latest kernel without the glitches. Your suggestion to delete some kwin configs after confirming the test user did not exhibit this problem worked so thank you! In my case, it’s just themes. Changing them simply fixed my problem.
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I have exactly the same problem.
Details of my system
System:
Kernel: 5.11.2-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11-x86_64
root=UUID=31d35b88-cab1-49fd-826f-6006e42c6884 rw
cryptdevice=UUID=88312b1d-57af-4097-8dde-d6ef038f6447:cryptroot
intel_pstate=active quiet udev.log_priority=3 resume=/dev/mapper/cryptroot
resume_offset=34816
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.2 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2325CJ0 v: ThinkPad X230
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 2325CJ0 serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO
v: G2ETB7WW (2.77 ) date: 09/24/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.6 Wh condition: 89.5/93.2 Wh (96%) volts: 12.4/11.1
model: LGC 45N1029 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.46 GiB used: 1.15 GiB (7.4%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
L2 cache: 3 MiB bogomips: 20761
Speed: 3104 MHz min/max: 1200/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3104 2: 2924
3: 3227 4: 2967
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept
erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida
lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 class ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus ID: 1-1.6:5 chip ID: 04f2:b2eb class ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 124 size: 280x160mm (11.0x6.3")
diag: 322mm (12.7")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.4 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20
class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.2-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:0085 class ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: enp0s26u1u2 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus ID: 1-1.4:4 chip ID: 0a5c:21e6 class ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends
RAID:
Message: No RAID data was found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 186.56 GiB (40.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 465.26 GiB size: 456.95 GiB (98.22%)
used: 186.39 GiB (40.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: cryptroot label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /boot raw size: 512 MiB size: 199.8 MiB (39.02%)
used: 172.7 MiB (86.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 5C3E-146D
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 50 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 17 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
Message: No Unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0024 class ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.2:3 info: Huawei CLT-L09 type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data
driver: rndis_host interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 12d1:108a
class ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-1.4:4 info: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad]
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip ID: 0a5c:21e6 class ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-1.6:5 info: Chicony Integrated Camera type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 04f2:b2eb
class ID: 0e02
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0024 class ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3222
Info:
Processes: 253 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers:
gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1561 lib: 465 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.0
running in: konsole inxi: 3.3.01