Hi norritt, thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Can you please run the command: apport-collect 2077069
to collect and add the system logs, and other useful information please? There is a lot of info about the system, and the install that is collected by apport that would assist in investigating this. I haven't been able to reproduce this issue yet. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Philip Cox (philcox) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2077069 Title: Plasmadesktop won't load after upgrade to 6.8.0-40 (Jammy/22.04-4LTS) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Updating the HWE Kernel from 6.5.0-45 to 6.8.0-40 on Jammy/22.04-4 LTS (Kubuntu) causes systems using KDE to boot into black screen because plasmashell won't load. I couldn't find any suspicious messages inspecting the output of `dmesg -T`. Running `kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell` yields the message "Application plasmashell could not be found using service org.kde.plasmashell and path /MainApplication." I observe this bug on two different systems: - System 1: CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, GPU AMD Radeon Vii - System 2: CPU AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, GPU nVidia Geforce 1080 Ti (linux-modules-nvidia-550-6.8.0-40-generic/jammy-updates,jammy-security,now 6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3 amd64) Choosing to boot kernel `6.5.0-45-generic #45~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jul 15 16:40:02 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux` manually via the grub boot menu solves the problem on both systems. cat /proc/version_signature > version.log Ubuntu 6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3-generic 6.8.12 lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Release: 22.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2077069/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp