Manjaro KDE 21.1.0 Pahvo: Dolphin does not support opening other folders at start, Sound crackles, Phantom taskbar

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System:    Host: FIRESTAR Kernel: 5.12.14-arch1-1-surface x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.2 
           Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Microsoft product: Surface Pro 6 
           v: 124000000000000000000000D:0B:13F:5C:10P:38S:01E:0 serial: <superuser required> 
           Mobo: Microsoft model: Surface Pro 6 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Microsoft 
           v: 235.3732.768 date: 04.20.2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 32.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 32.4/45.0 Wh (71.9%) 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core Intel Core i5-8250U [MT MCP] speed: 801 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting 
           s-res: 2736x1824 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.3 
Network:   Device-1: Marvell 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless driver: mwifiex_pcie 
           Device-2: Marvell Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Composite type: USB driver: btusb 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 64.06 GiB (26.9%) 
Info:      Processes: 249 Uptime: 1h 48m Memory: 7.69 GiB used: 3.83 GiB (49.8%) Shell: Bash 
           inxi: 3.3.04

  1. The Dolphin does not support opening other folders at start, I want to open /home/firestar/Data but every time I change the config, it will fall back to /home/firestar/ and open /home/firestar/

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  2. sound-popping-crackling-randomly

  3. When I am closing my computer, the SDDM theme has a phantom taskbar at the bottom:

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    23991×482 215 KB

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  • Problem 1 has solved after update

  • I solved problem 2 by

sudo pacman -Rsu pulseaudio-bluetooth pulseaudio-equalizer pulseaudio-jack pulseaudio-lirc pulseaudio-rtp pulseaudio-zeroconf pulseaudio pulseaudio-ctl pulseaudio-qt
sudo pacman -S pipewire-pulse
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-0 No idea what “Manjaro KDE 21.1.0 Pahvo” is and you are on KDE Plasma 5.22.2 anyway…
-1 Can’t confirm what you say about dolphin, opens even more far-nested folders just fine at startup.
-3 Looks to me like a classical symptom of a cheap, low quality TN-panel.

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  • I am on unstable branch
  • Although I fixed the sound problem, I cannot use my volume up/down by keyboard
  • I am using Surface Pro 6 produced in 2018, and this does not happen on Windows