KDE start menu not working after update to F43

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I just updated to Fedora 43 and now my start menu isn’t working with the following error message:

(Note: “Die Bibliothek” = “the library;” “kann nicht geladen werden” = “cannot be loaded”)

file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kicker/contents/ui/main.qml:15:1: Die Bibliothek /usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/plasma/private/kicker/libkickerplugin.so kann nicht geladen werden: /lib64/libKF6Runner.so.6: undefined symbol: _ZN14KWaylandExtras18xdgActivationTokenEP7QWindowRK7QString

I tried restarting and that didn’t solve anything. Any help is very much appreciated!

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Hi there, I found that downgrading the start menu using the command ‘sudo dnf downgrade kf6-krunner’ fixed the issue temporarily. After doing more digging in my system I found that the issue stemmed from a broken dependency issue that occurred during the upgrade. After running ‘sudo dnf upgrade --refresh’ it redid part of the upgrade and after rebooting, everything worked perfectly. Hope this helps!

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Great! Yes, fixed packages have now been pushed to production and a normal sudo dnf upgrade --refresh should clear the issue (subject to the upgrade propagating to local mirrors).

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I downgraded the package and rebooted my system after which I no longer was able to reach the greeter after entering the encryption password. I can still log in via tty and have have run ‘sudo dnf update --refresh’ but that didn’t solve the issue.

What should I try next?

Update:
I was able to boot to GUI normally after running sudo dnf reinstall kernel\* but it’s being very inconsistent and sometimes breaking again after a reboot (then I reinstall the kernel again and it works again).

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Does removing the rhgb argument from the boot parameters help?

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Could be. I just removed the argument and rebooted twice without issue. I’ll try some more and if it continues to work I’ll mark this as solved. Thanks for the help!

Edit: Seems that everything is working!

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