https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501488
--- Comment #2 from John <ilikef...@waterisgone.com> --- I've also tried setting the splash screen to 'None', which also doesn't work, the boot still gets stuck. I see this in the journal in yellow if it's any help: Mar 14 12:57:04 JL sddm-helper[1319]: Failed to write utmpx: No such file or directory OK, I think I found in the journal the main problem, starting with the second line of this output: Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1334]: Reached target xdg-desktop-autostart.target - Startup of XDG autostart applications. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL plasmashell[1647]: Failed to load vulkan: Cannot load library vulkan: vulkan: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Mar 14 12:57:09 JL plasmashell[1647]: initInstance: No Vulkan library available Mar 14 12:57:09 JL plasmashell[1647]: Failed to create platform Vulkan instance Mar 14 12:57:09 JL plasmashell[1647]: QVulkanDefaultInstance: Failed to create Vulkan instance Mar 14 12:57:09 JL plasmashell[1647]: No QVulkanInstance set for QQuickWindow, this is wrong. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL plasmashell[1647]: KCrash: Application 'plasmashell' crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2 Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd-coredump[1889]: Process 1647 (plasmashell) of user 1000 terminated abnormally with signal 11/SEGV, processing... Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1]: Created slice system-drkonqi\x2dcoredump\x2dprocessor.slice - Slice /system/drkonqi-coredump-processor. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dcoredump.slice - Slice /system/systemd-coredump. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1]: Started systemd-coredump@0-1889-0.service - Process Core Dump (PID 1889/UID 0). Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1]: Started drkonqi-coredump-processor@0-1889-0.service - Pass systemd-coredump journal entries to relevant user for potential DrKon> Mar 14 12:57:09 JL dbus-daemon[1375]: [session uid=1000 pid=1375 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1334]: Started xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service - Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation). Mar 14 12:57:09 JL rtkit-daemon[1387]: Supervising 6 threads of 3 processes of 1 users. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL rtkit-daemon[1387]: Supervising 6 threads of 3 processes of 1 users. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL rtkit-daemon[1387]: Supervising 6 threads of 3 processes of 1 users. Mar 14 12:57:09 JL dbus-daemon[1375]: [session uid=1000 pid=1375 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.kde' unit='> Mar 14 12:57:09 JL systemd[1334]: Starting plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service - Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE... Mar 14 12:57:10 JL dbus-daemon[858]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' unit='packagekit.service' requested by ':1.75' > Mar 14 12:57:10 JL systemd[1]: Starting packagekit.service - PackageKit Daemon... Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kup-daemon[1868]: kup.daemon: "Kup is not enabled, enable it from the system settings module. You can do that by running kcmshell5 kup" Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kwin_wayland_wrapper[1503]: kf.windowsystem: static bool KX11Extras::mapViewport() may only be used on X11 Mar 14 12:57:10 JL PackageKit[1935]: daemon start Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kded6[1606]: Registering ":1.54/StatusNotifierItem" to system tray Mar 14 12:57:10 JL dbus-daemon[858]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' Mar 14 12:57:10 JL systemd[1]: Started packagekit.service - PackageKit Daemon. Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kernel: warning: `kdeconnectd' uses wireless extensions which will stop working for Wi-Fi 7 hardware; use nl80211 Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_3D_FEATURES Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_CAPSET_QUERY_FIX Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_RESOURCE_BLOB Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_HOST_VISIBLE Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_CROSS_DEVICE Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_CONTEXT_INIT Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_SUPPORTED_CAPSET_IDs Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_EXPLICIT_DEBUG_NAME Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_CREATE_FENCE_PASSING Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: info: virtgpu backend not enabling VIRTGPU_PARAM_CREATE_GUEST_HANDLE Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_IOCTL_VIRTGPU_GET_CAPS failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_IOCTL_VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_INIT failed with Permission denied, continuing without context... Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_CREATE_BLOB failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: Failed to create virtgpu AddressSpaceStream Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: vulkan: Failed to get host connection Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_CREATE_BLOB failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: Failed to create virtgpu AddressSpaceStream Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: vulkan: Failed to get host connection Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_CREATE_BLOB failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: Failed to create virtgpu AddressSpaceStream Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: vulkan: Failed to get host connection Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_CREATE_BLOB failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: Failed to create virtgpu AddressSpaceStream Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: vulkan: Failed to get host connection Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_CREATE_BLOB failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: Failed to create virtgpu AddressSpaceStream Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: vulkan: Failed to get host connection Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: DRM_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_CREATE_BLOB failed with Permission denied Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: Failed to create virtgpu AddressSpaceStream Mar 14 12:57:10 JL xwaylandvideobridge[1834]: MESA: error: vulkan: Failed to get host connection Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kdeconnectd[1831]: 2025-03-14T12:57:10 qt.bluetooth.bluez: Bluetooth device is powered off Mar 14 12:57:10 JL dbus-daemon[1375]: [session uid=1000 pid=1375 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.Notifications' requested by ':1.46' (uid=100> Mar 14 12:57:10 JL dbus-daemon[1375]: [session uid=1000 pid=1375 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.kde' Mar 14 12:57:10 JL systemd[1334]: Started plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service - Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE. Mar 14 12:57:10 JL rtkit-daemon[1387]: Supervising 6 threads of 3 processes of 1 users. Mar 14 12:57:10 JL rtkit-daemon[1387]: Supervising 6 threads of 3 processes of 1 users. Mar 14 12:57:10 JL rtkit-daemon[1387]: Supervising 6 threads of 3 processes of 1 users. Mar 14 12:57:10 JL dbus-daemon[1375]: [session uid=1000 pid=1375 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' Mar 14 12:57:10 JL systemd[1334]: Started xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service. Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kalendarac[1998]: Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kalendarac[2018]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server... Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kalendarac[2018]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Running DB initializer Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kalendarac[2018]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: DB initializer done Mar 14 12:57:10 JL kalendarac[2018]: Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) Mar 14 12:57:11 JL kalendarac[1998]: org.kde.pim.akonadicontrol: Akonadi server is now operational. Mar 14 12:57:11 JL systemd-coredump[1891]: [🡕] Process 1647 (plasmashell) of user 1000 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 1888: #0 0x00007f84e949e8ac n/a (n/a + 0x0) ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64 Mar 14 12:57:11 JL drkonqi-coredump-processor[1893]: "/usr/bin/plasmashell" 1647 "/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.plasmashell.1000.cd165bb2411241fa8025d2a881fe7> Mar 14 12:57:11 JL systemd[1334]: Started drkonqi-coredump-launcher@0-1893-0.service - Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 1893/UID 0). Mar 14 12:57:11 JL systemd[1]: drkonqi-coredump-processor@0-1889-0.service: Deactivated successfully. Mar 14 12:57:11 JL systemd[1]: drkonqi-coredump-processor@0-1889-0.service: Consumed 236ms CPU time, 169.4M memory peak. Mar 14 12:57:11 JL systemd[1]: systemd-coredump@0-1889-0.service: Deactivated successfully. Mar 14 12:57:11 JL systemd[1]: systemd-coredump@0-1889-0.service: Consumed 1.401s CPU time, 338.5M memory peak. --------------------------------------- END ----------------------------------------------------------------- Could it be the same problem as I had in this bug, with the my distro Vulkan stack not being good or Plasma not looking for the right files?: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500403 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.