i’ve been using fedora KDE plasma for around 5-6 months so far, all good and no issues besides some game crashes but that doesnt matter. But recently i’ve been having an issue where i’m using my computer normally without much running, like watching youtube or checking files when suddenly the apps froze, close and it all goes to a black screen where i can only move the mouse, the keyboard doesn’t work and i’m forced to do a hard restart holding the power button.
I talked with a friend who knows a bit more about this stuff and after checking journald session logs, it appears that, according to his words; “For some reason plasma is losing it’s own rights, and f###ing dies”.
While it sounds funny i won’t lie, is pretty annoying and unpredictable since it appears to happen at random, sometimes is as soon i start the computer and others i could use it all day, open various apps, play games or do commands and nothing happens.
Is there a solution or fix for this? I’ve been forced to get cinnamon desktop because the crashes we’re so frequent that i couldn’t really use my computer without the danger of suddenly all the system getting bricked. If you have any information on how to fix this, if this a more common issue or i’m the one in a million case, i’ll be grateful to know.
If you need any journald logs just let me know.
Thanks in advance for any help
Sorry for taking a while, it was a busy day today. Here’s the log
sep 17 18:20:20 kernel: virt/tdx: TDX not supported by the host platform
sep 17 18:20:28 kernel: rtw88_8822bu 3-2:1.0: write register 0xc4 failed with -71
sep 17 18:20:33 chronyd[827]: Could not add source 192.36.144.22 : Already in use
sep 17 18:20:39 plasmashell[2161]: The backend got an unknown wallpaper provider type. The wallpaper will now fall back to the default. Please check your wallpaper configuration!
sep 17 18:21:00 kjournaldbrowser[3481]: seeked entry for cursor could not be made current
sep 17 18:21:00 kjournaldbrowser[3481]: cursor test failed
sep 17 18:22:28 kjournaldbrowser[3560]: seeked entry for cursor could not be made current
sep 17 18:22:28 kjournaldbrowser[3560]: cursor test failed
just a quick update, i was playing Project Zomboid on steam when cinnamon crashed too, after checking journald i found this in the error filter
Everything below is “(WW) AMDGPU(0): present flip failed/n”
Im pretty sure none of this indicate something like Plasma died.
Indicated that your kernel had some trouble with your WIFI.
it dosent prove that the black screen is caused because of WIFI error but lets try to know if it does.
Can you send journalctl around the black screen period?
journalctl -b -1
Also, please send the output of lsusb
And after the reboot from crash please send the output of
