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  • Restoring your last system backup is going to be easier to do by this time.

  • If you don’t have one, please start making one right now.

  • Next step would be to create a new user in TTY2 and log in there and see if that has the same problem. If it doesn’t, shout out!

  • If is does, remove the plasma desktop entirely and reinstall, all from a TTY:

    pamac --remove plasma-desktop
reboot
pamac --install plasma-desktop

  • If even that doesn’t work, remove the plasma-desktop with all its config files by adding --no-save to the pamac

  • If even that doesn’t work:

    • wipe everything
    • reinstall
    • restore your data backup
    • make a new Cold System Backup.

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