Getting blank screen after login. Momentarily seeing the wallpaper but then it goes blank. only see the mouse. Tried both x11 and Wayland. I followed the instructions in the June 26 stable update page. Some help will be very much appreciated.
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I am not sure upto what version of KDE Plasma the Stable Branch got updated; But on Unstable I experienced same issue while on Plasma 6.7.0
Following Update 6.7.1 has fixed this for me.
To be precise, the plasma splashscreen doesn’t render/load; instead a blackscreen with the frozen cursor in the middle stays for the duration of splashscreen (and more if hardware is low end).
6.7.1 fixes this and also makes DE loading faster.
Stable & Testing branches are currently on Plasma 6.6.5:
mbn info plasma-desktop -q | grep -Ev 'Name|Repository|Packager'
Branch : archlinux
Version : 6.7.1-1
Build Date : Wed 24 Jun 2026 00:36:21
Branch : unstable
Version : 6.7.1-1
Build Date : Wed 24 Jun 2026 00:36:21
Branch : testing
Version : 6.6.5-1
Build Date : Wed 13 May 2026 07:07:19
Branch : stable
Version : 6.6.5-1
Build Date : Wed 13 May 2026 07:07:19
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Oh okay, I do not recall seeing that bug in 6.6.5… It was briefly there on 6.7.0
So what am I supposed to do to fix the issue? Thanks in advance.
You have already been asked to provide your system information – that might be a good place to begin.
Here is the output from inxi -zv8
System:
Host: mahmud-inspiron5505 Kernel: 6.6.143-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1 clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=1f42508d-4eff-40bc-980d-1b29db8bfc16 rw quiet
udev.log_priority=3 3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: ERR-101 tk: Qt v: N/A vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5505 v: 1.5.4
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: 1.5.4
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0YX59Y v: A01 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0A1E
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: Dell v: 1.5.4
date: 06/10/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.1 Wh (89%) condition: 54/54 Wh (100%) volts: 16.07
min: 15 model: SWD-ATL3.560 DELL 7T8CD15 type: Li-poly serial: 347 charging:
status: discharging cycles: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.17 GiB used: 1.26 GiB (2.0%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 32 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 04CD000080CE
part-no: F4-3200C22-32GRS firmware: F4-3200C22-32GRS serial: 05190117
Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 32 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 04CD000080CE
part-no: F4-3200C22-32GRS firmware: F4-3200C22-32GRS serial: 05190118
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 2 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x860010D
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1397 min/max: 1400/2375 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 1397
4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 bogomips: 28455
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb
ibpb_exit_to_user ibrs ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse
mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save
nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid
rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca
smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock
syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif
vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr
xsaveopt
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection 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 mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: SMT disabled
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: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series /
Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 34.0 C
Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 0bda:565a
class-ID: 0e02 serial: 200901010001
Display: unspecified server: X.org v: 1.21.1.23 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.12
driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1552 built: 2021 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.592 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.329 y: 0.557
blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.118 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720,
1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
inactive: wayland,x11
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: mesa v: 26.1.2-arch1.2 note: incomplete (EGL
sourced) renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.54
6.6.143-1-MANJARO), llvmpipe (LLVM 22.1.6 256 bits)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 layers: 2 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 26.1.2-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:1636 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio
vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor vendor: Dell
driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.143-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.6.6 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-98-gb096 status: off with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: 4a:1e:bc:1b:dc:3e
Info: services: httpd, NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: No WAN IP found. Connected to web? SSL issues? Try enabling dig
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 715.41 GiB used: 200.44 GiB (28.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: PM991 NVMe 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: S50ANF0NA20268 fw-rev: 25307039 temp: 21.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ512HALU-00000 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: S4Y4NF0N616705
fw-rev: FXV7000Q temp: 10.8 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 124.71 GiB size: 122.19 GiB (97.98%)
used: 45.17 GiB (37.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
label: N/A uuid: 1f42508d-4eff-40bc-980d-1b29db8bfc16
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 336 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:9
label: NO_LABEL uuid: 5339-A823
ID-3: /home raw-size: 336.31 GiB size: 329.97 GiB (98.11%)
used: 155.26 GiB (47.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:8
label: N/A uuid: c9852dec-a85f-452d-9ab6-db5b3c5f6194
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 26ED-B1B3
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 237.87 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: E62CF5072CF4D391
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 498 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 607673FD7673D270
ID-5: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:6 size: 15.62 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: 36c5211f-2477-4f0f-9e8a-6cc2edf49824
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Logitech Nano Receiver type: mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52f class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-2:3 info: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:565a class-ID: 0e02
serial: 200901010001
Device-3: 3-3:4 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Device-4: 3-4:5 info: Shenzhen Goodix FingerPrint type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 27c6:538d class-ID: ff00
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: 28.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 34.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2142 libs: 459 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 212
1: cpu: 1.0% command: mariadbd pid: 580 mem: 220.9 MiB (0.3%)
2: cpu: 0.7% command: -zsh pid: 676 mem: 10.5 MiB (0.0%)
3: cpu: 0.6% command: init pid: 1 mem: 15.1 MiB (0.0%)
4: cpu: 0.2% command: [migration/1] pid: 25 mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
5: cpu: 0.2% command: [migration/2] pid: 31 mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
Memory top: 5 of 212
1: mem: 220.9 MiB (0.3%) command: mariadbd pid: 580 cpu: 1.0%
2: mem: 27.8 MiB (0.0%) command: httpd pid: 544 cpu: 0.0%
3: mem: 27.6 MiB (0.0%) command: NetworkManager pid: 493 cpu: 0.2%
4: mem: 20.0 MiB (0.0%) command: colord pid: 572 cpu: 0.1%
5: mem: 16.7 MiB (0.0%) command: systemd-journald pid: 335 cpu: 0.1%
Info:
Processes: 212 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 24.81 GiB Init: systemd v: 260 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 22.1.6 gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Zsh (login) v: 5.9.1
running-in: systemd inxi: 3.3.40
How about the journal? Maybe the last entries there will point to something? For example
journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager
Or
journalctl -b -n 100 --no-pager
journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager output
Jun 27 15:10:48 mahmud-inspiron5505 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0], AE_NOT_FOUND (20230628/dswload2-162)
Jun 27 15:10:48 mahmud-inspiron5505 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20230628/psobject-220)
Jun 27 15:10:51 mahmud-inspiron5505 kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Malformed MSFT vendor event: 0x02
Jun 27 15:10:52 mahmud-inspiron5505 bluetoothd[493]: Failed to set default system config for hci0
Jun 27 15:10:52 mahmud-inspiron5505 bluetoothd[493]: Failed to set mode: Failed (0x03)
Those are all not important and harmless, unfortunately. And the general unfiltered log? The whole plasma crashes, there must be something…
You mean output of
journalctl -b -n 100 --no-pager
?
After login when I see the blank screen, I tried to open TTY by ctrl + alt + f2 (f1, f3, f4, f5 as well) but it did not work. Any way to open the terminal?
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That’s to worry. So not only plasma crashes but everything (or at least the graphics)
So let’s try, before logging in/lockup, the log from the previous boot
journalctl -b -1 -n 100 --no-pager
At last got it resolved. Actually I had to clear cache (~/.cache). Thanks everyone.
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Yes, I was about to ask if you tried clearing cache.
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