Plasmashell dumps core when disconnecting a third (hdmi) display

System becomes unresponsive (hard restart required) after disconnecting the third display via hdmi switch - which I do quite often as the third display doubles as a TV.
Coredump created on this occasion.
Remaining two displays (connected via DVI) normally should refresh and show the reconfigured desktop - but they remain black - and no keyboard input can bring the system back.

Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro 21.1.0
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2

I reported this with kde bugs, only to get it closed as a duplicate of another two year old bug - which itself was closed as ‘resolved upstream’ - apparently in Qt 6 (see 414805 – Crash in QScreen::handle() after QXcbIntegration::createPlatformOpenGLContext())

It looks like in this case Qt is upstream of KDE, and KDE is upstream of Manjaro. Right?

  • What is the process to get this fixed in Manjaro?

Sorry for the n00b questions, but I am genuinely interested in the process - if someone can shed some light please.

Please read this:

Correct.

Please read this:

Especially the What’s this upstream/downstream business as the answer is: it needs to be fixed in KDE and if it was fixed recently, the next update will incorporate the change.

In that case, read the rest of the N00b guide too! :grin: (at least the sections you’re not aware of)

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I’ve marked this answer as the solution to your question as it is by far the best answer you’ll get.

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so that the next person that has the exact same problem you just had will benefit from your post as well as your question will now be in the “solved” status.

Well then Fabby, it was a nice read. Thanks for taking your time and writing that up.
I am more informed now then I was an hour ago.

Going to enable sysrq now and test it out for next time - as I am at the mercy of KDE for the time being.

Also, perusing the tutorial section of the forum (now that I see it is quite nicely populated).

Cheers :wave:

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