[Stable Update] 2021-05-19 - Kernels, Nvidia, KDE Frameworks, Plasma, Systemd, LibreOffice, KDE Gear Mobile, FF, TB

Hi there.
When trying to update via the GUI I got an error message about conflicting files.

  • plasma-workspace: /usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_autostart.mo already exists in filesystem (owned by plasma-desktop-primex)

I found a post from three days ago where someone on the testing branch had the same error and it seemed to have been resolved by replacing plasma-desktop-primex with regular plasma-desktop so that’s what I tried.

I’m quite new to this whole Linux thing so I’m probably missing something but a few issues come up that I can’t seem to find solutions for.

  • After updating it prompts me to reboot, but when I try to do so the screen blurs out and nothing more happens. I ended up opening up Yakuake and entering “shutdown now”.
  • After starting up the computer again, my plasma seems to be broken. No desktop background (just completely black and can’t right click on it). No task bar or start menu. alt+ space doesn’t work yet if I move my mouse to the top left corner of the screen I get the activity switcher as usual. I have restored my previous system twice via Timeshift and tried the update again but with no different result.

Any suggestions or help would be very appreciated.

EDIT: Edited for clarity.

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