Since the update to Plasma 6, I have an ugly rotating square when I log in. How can I fix this?
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Dont use the buggy breath splash.
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I have seen this before - it is caused by iconsistencies in your system packages or an incomplete update.
sudo pacman -Syu
Then switch the Breeze global theme - remember to change everything.
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Customisation carries it’s own risks - so yes, whatever splashes you change are taking some risk… purge that and go back to Manjaro or try something fresh.
Yes, we saw what you did there 
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Please also also add some system information:
inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width
Here the output of my system:
System:
Kernel: 6.6.63-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=945c496c-063a-4379-bd95-40adbaa5623f rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=99879829-0f15-4377-9d4d-311fbc5137e3
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3607 date: 03/18/2024
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 96% condition: N/A volts: 4.1 min: N/A
model: Logitech G703 Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial: <filter>
status: full
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 5.37 GiB (34.6%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM_A1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial Technology
part-no: CT8G4DFRA32A.C4FE serial: <filter>
Device-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial Technology
part-no: CT8G4DFRA32A.C4FE serial: <filter>
Device-3: DIMM_B1 type: no module installed
Device-4: DIMM_B2 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA20102B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3700 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3700 2: 3700 3: 3700
4: 3700 5: 3700 6: 3700 7: 3700 8: 3700 9: 3700 10: 3700 11: 3700 12: 3700
bogomips: 88662
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 cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms extapic
extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku 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 user_shstk v_spec_ctrl
v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
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 status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
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; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Lexa PRO [Radeon
540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: DP-1
empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:699f class-ID: 0300
temp: 50.0 C
Device-2: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5
chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
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
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.8-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series
(radeonsi polaris12 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.54 6.6.63-1-MANJARO)
device-ID: 1002:699f memory: 3.91 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series (RADV POLARIS12) driver: mesa radv
v: 24.2.8-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:699f surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX
550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5
chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.63-1-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: 1.2.7 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 797.91 GiB (68.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PIONEER model: BD-RW BDR-S12U rev: 1.01
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 125 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 69.34 GiB size: 67.95 GiB (98.00%) used: 48.54 GiB (71.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A
uuid: 945c496c-063a-4379-bd95-40adbaa5623f
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
label: NO_LABEL uuid: FB77-EDD2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 100 GiB size: 100 GiB (100.00%)
used: 84.83 GiB (84.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:6
label: N/A uuid: 41219323-7a1c-4427-b3e0-20e38b2fd78a
ID-4: /media/Daten raw-size: 580.57 GiB size: 580.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 469.79 GiB (80.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:7
label: Dokumente uuid: 9d1188d2-0b12-41de-b015-c8831ea06768
ID-5: /media/IntShare raw-size: N/A size: 3.64 TiB used: 2.28 TiB (62.6%)
fs: nfs4 remote: 192.168.128.10:/IntShare
ID-6: /media/VMs raw-size: 224.61 GiB size: 220.03 GiB (97.96%)
used: 194.75 GiB (88.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: VMs uuid: 07f4fbc5-4150-4ea1-91c0-55c2307d5fb2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.77 GiB used: 7.5 MiB (0.1%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4 label: N/A
uuid: 99879829-0f15-4377-9d4d-311fbc5137e3
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 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: 1-1:2 info: Logitech Lightspeed Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:1939 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 1-7:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-10:5 info: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam type: video,audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 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-4: 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
Hub-5: 3-1:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1.1:4 info: Realtek Card Reader type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0307 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-1.3:5 info: Logitech G703 Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse
type: mouse,HID driver: logitech-hidpp-device,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 498mA
chip-ID: 046d:c087 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-1.4:7 info: Future Devices USB <-> Serial Cable
type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0403:7a58 class-ID: 0000
Hub-6: 3-3:3 info: VIA Labs VL812 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2812
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3.1:8 info: Clay Logic Nitrokey 3A Mini/3A NFC/3C NFC
type: smart card,HID driver: hid-generic,usbfs,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 20a0:42b2 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-3.4:6 info: Metadot Das Keyboard 4 type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 24f0:0140 class-ID: 0300
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 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-8: 4-3:2 info: VIA Labs VL812 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:0812
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1769
Repos:
Packages: 2219 pm: pacman pkgs: 2183 libs: 550 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
pkgs: 31 pm: snap pkgs: 5
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 397
1: cpu: 18.8% command: firefox pid: 4274 mem: 536.5 MiB (3.3%)
2: cpu: 10.6% command: firefox pid: 4545 mem: 251.5 MiB (1.5%)
3: cpu: 6.7% command: keepassxc pid: 3777 mem: 192.1 MiB (1.2%)
4: cpu: 5.4% command: konsole pid: 4715 mem: 170.6 MiB (1.0%)
5: cpu: 5.2% command: kwin_wayland pid: 1972 mem: 279.9 MiB (1.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 397
1: mem: 1349.2 MiB (8.4%) command: clamd pid: 1234 cpu: 5.1%
2: mem: 536.5 MiB (3.3%) command: firefox pid: 4274 cpu: 18.8%
3: mem: 379.6 MiB (2.3%) command: plasmashell pid: 2232 cpu: 4.4%
4: mem: 279.9 MiB (1.7%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 1972 cpu: 5.2%
5: mem: 251.5 MiB (1.5%) command: firefox pid: 4545 cpu: 10.6%
Info:
Processes: 397 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 alt: 13 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Thank you. It was only to confirm you were fully updated. All good.
As suggested previously, the easiest is to change to another splash screen (or don’t use one at all). I recall this was reported a lot around the time of the initial Plasma 6 updates.
I understood it to be long corrected, as I have seen no reports in recent times. It’s always possible that the respective file itself is damaged, or that is wasn’t previously updated for some reason – an incomplete update at some point, perhaps.
Until this is known, it’s best not to use this splash.
(I don’t use one at all)
Regards.
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sudo pacman -Syu return “nothing to do”
I have been using the Breath theme for years and am satisfied with it. I don’t like the Breeze theme.
I have already switched to Breeze (global design) and back for testing purposes. Behavior remains. The splash screen works on the other computers on which I have Mamjaro running.
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…but now it is broken;
so you would do best to at least try following some of the suggestions given.
No surprise there.
You need to remove the Breath splash screen and use something else, at least until the problem can be corrected.
Which means the issue is limited to your installation.
You might try this:
1. Switch to the Breeze (global theme)
2. Make sure that Plasma Style, Window Decorations, Icons, Cursors, Splash Screen, and Login Screen (SDDM) are all set to Breeze.
3. Uninstall the Breath theme:
sudo pacman -Rdd plasma6-themes-breath
- Note: The above command is intended for this instruction only. Normally either
sudo pacman -Rorsudo pacman -Rnsshould be used to uninstall a package. See more: pacman.
4. Reboot.
5. Install the Breath theme:
sudo pacman -Syu plasma6-themes-breath
6. Try the Breath theme again to see if the Splash Screen now works as expected.
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Uninstalling and reinstalling a package is not often - in fact quite rarely - a solution to an issue.
When it is … that will usually be a symptom of some other problem - such as core files overwritten from outside of the package manager.
And even then … there is virtually no point to removing the package first, rather than simply re-installing it; missing files will be created, edited files will be overwritten or present a pacnew, et al.
The garbled breath splash is/was a problem of the breath theme itself.
It also seemed to impact different hardware differently - possibly augmented by other configurations such as early-KMS for those affected.
(Look back in forum history and find the troves of threads and individual posts on the same subject … circa around the Plasma6 update)
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